From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Martitz Subject: Re: Preferred method for configuration Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:13:34 +0200 Message-ID: <520A22EE.8040006@hhi.fraunhofer.de> References: <52032D5E.6070307@hhi.fraunhofer.de> <1375940480.2424.135.camel@joe-AO722> <520332F4.5020206@hhi.fraunhofer.de> <20130808090111.241a2043@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from mail.HHI.FRAUNHOFER.DE ([193.174.67.45]:37512 "EHLO mailgw.hhi.fraunhofer.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757730Ab3HMMNF (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:13:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130808090111.241a2043@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am 08.08.2013 18:01, schrieb Stephen Hemminger: > On Thu, 08 Aug 2013 07:56:04 +0200 > Thomas Martitz wrote: > >> Resent with list in CC. >> >> Am 08.08.2013 07:41, schrieb Joe Perches: >>> On Thu, 2013-08-08 at 07:32 +0200, Thomas Martitz wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I'm developing a NIC driver and currently export some custom >>>> configuration settings and actions (e.g. enabling a loopback mode) via >>>> sysfs. >>> >>> Is there some reason you don't want to use ethtool? >>> >>> >> >> It doesn't allow for custom settings does it? For standards stuff I'm >> sure going to use ethtool. > > Any feature "special to my driver" is sure to meet stiff resistance > from the kernel developers. Special features make it impossible for generic > configuration in distributions and by management layers. > What about features that are really unique to the device? Best regards.