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Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: add ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings

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On Sat, 2016-05-07 at 01:18 +0200, Philippe Reynes wrote:
> The callback {get|set}_link_ksettings are often defined
> in a very close way. There are mainly two differences in
> those callback:
> - the name of the netdev private structure
> - the name of the struct phydev in the private structure
> 
> We add two defines ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings
> to avoid writing severals times almost the same function.
[...]

I don't think there's no need to access a private structure, as there's
a phydev pointer in struct net_device.  If some drivers don't maintain
that pointer, they should be changed to do so.  Then they can 
use generic implementations of {get,set}_link_ksettings provided by
phylib.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Editing code like this is akin to sticking plasters on the bleeding stump
of a severed limb. - me, 29 June 1999

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[PATCH 1/2] net: phy: add ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings Philippe Reynes <tremyfr@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 01:20 +0200
  [PATCH 2/2] net: ethernet: fec: use ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings Philippe Reynes <tremyfr@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 01:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: add ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 01:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: add ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-05-07 14:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: add ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings Philippe Reynes <tremyfr@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 01:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: add ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2016-05-08 02:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: add ethtool_phy_{get|set}_link_ksettings Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 20:20 +0200

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