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Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2022 23:11:56 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Pranavi Somisetty <pranavi.somisetty@amd.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/2] include: uapi: Add new ioctl
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 05:33:47AM -0600, Pranavi Somisetty wrote:
> Add new ioctl definitions, SIOC_PREEMPTION_EN, SIOC_PREEMPTION_CTRL,
> SIOC_PREEMPTION_STS, SIOC_PREEMPTION_COUNTER, to support IEEE 802.3br.

Please justify using an IOCTL when everything else in the network
stack is configured using netlink.

      Andrew