From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: marvell: skge: use new api ethtool_{get|set}_link_ksettings Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:50:03 -0800 Message-ID: <20170116095003.6998b773@xeon-e3> References: <1484395708-4107-1-git-send-email-tremyfr@gmail.com> <20170116092951.3b577463@xeon-e3> <20170116.123617.1891198374111644473.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: tremyfr@gmail.com, mlindner@marvell.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: David Miller Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20170116.123617.1891198374111644473.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 12:36:17 -0500 (EST) David Miller wrote: > From: Stephen Hemminger > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 09:29:51 -0800 > > > On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:08:28 +0100 > > Philippe Reynes wrote: > > > >> The ethtool api {get|set}_settings is deprecated. > >> We move this driver to new api {get|set}_link_ksettings. > >> > >> The callback set_link_ksettings no longer update the value > >> of advertising, as the struct ethtool_link_ksettings is > >> defined as const. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Philippe Reynes > > > > Did you test this on real hardware? > > Philippe probably doesn't have physical access to most of the > drivers he is converting. > > But, he is the only person working on converting all of the drivers, > and therefore when the change looks straightforward I am going to > reward his work and effort by applying his changes and hope there > isn't any fallout. > > Those who really care can test his patches and give a Tested-by: > > Thanks. Yes, it looks mechanical and should be applied. There are lots of pieces of old hardware that no developer is running, and if we required full test suite runs on all drivers, then no refactoring would ever be possible. My preference is to always add commit note that the patch was compile tested only so that if someone has a problem with real hardware then they know what to suspect.