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Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:45:53 +0200
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mana: Add get_link and get_link_ksettings in
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:34:40 +0000 Haiyang Zhang wrote:
> > Unless I'm misreading I don't see the answer to the "why?" in your
> > reply.
> > 
> > What benefit does reporting duplex on a virtual device bring?
> > What kind of SW need this current patch?
> > etc.  
> 
> I'm not aware of any SW has such requirement either.
> We just want the "ethtool <nic>" cmd can output something we already know.
> Is this acceptable?

Yeah, that's fine, I was just curious.