From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED052C43603 for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:07:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD4A2073B for ; Fri, 13 Dec 2019 01:07:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731563AbfLMBHu (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:07:50 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:46798 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727497AbfLMBHu (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:07:50 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:1c3::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 58E3B15422CD6; Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:07:49 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:07:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20191212.170748.409220660557209092.davem@davemloft.net> To: mkubecek@suse.cz Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jakub.kicinski@netronome.com, jiri@resnulli.us, andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com, linville@tuxdriver.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] ethtool netlink interface, preliminary part From: David Miller In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:07:49 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Michal Kubecek Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:58:09 +0100 (CET) > As Jakub Kicinski suggested in ethtool netlink v7 discussion, this > submission consists only of preliminary patches which raised no objections; > first four patches already have Acked-by or Reviewed-by. > > - patch 1 exposes permanent hardware address (as shown by "ethtool -P") > via rtnetlink > - patch 2 is renames existing netlink helper to a better name > - patch 3 and 4 reorganize existing ethtool code (no functional change) > - patch 5 makes the table of link mode names available as an ethtool string > set (will be needed for the netlink interface) > > Once we get these out of the way, v8 of the first part of the ethtool > netlink interface will follow. > > Changes from v2 to v3: fix SPDX licence identifiers (patch 3 and 5). > > Changes from v1 to v2: restore build time check that all link modes have > assigned a name (patch 5). Series applied to net-next, thanks.