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  [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] ethtool: minor doc update David Decotigny <ddecotig@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 18:20 +0100

#1362012 — [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] ethtool: minor doc update

From: David Decotigny <decot@googlers.com>

Updates: commit 793cf87de9d1 ("ethtool: Set cmd field in
         ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS response to wrong nwords")

Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@googlers.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index 2835b07..9222db8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -1648,9 +1648,9 @@ enum ethtool_reset_flags {
  *	%ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS: on entry, number of words passed by user
  *	(>= 0); on return, if handshake in progress, negative if
  *	request size unsupported by kernel: absolute value indicates
- *	kernel recommended size and cmd field is 0, as well as all the
- *	other fields; otherwise (handshake completed), strictly
- *	positive to indicate size used by kernel and cmd field is
+ *	kernel expected size and all the other fields but cmd
+ *	are 0; otherwise (handshake completed), strictly positive
+ *	to indicate size used by kernel and cmd field stays
  *	%ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS, all other fields populated by driver. For
  *	%ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS: must be valid on entry, ie. a positive
  *	value returned previously by %ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS, otherwise
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

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