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| From | David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dwc-xlgmac: add the initial ethtool support |
| Date | 2017-04-11 16:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tv5hh-8ip-29@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tuZbP-4s3-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
From: Jie Deng <Jie.Deng1@synopsys.com> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:14:04 +0800 > It is necessary to provide ethtool support for displaying and > modifying parameters of dwc-xlgmac. > > Signed-off-by: Jie Deng <jiedeng@synopsys.com> I don't see why you cannot allow the statistics to be obtained when the device is not running. Similarly for other ethtool calls that just fetch information stored in the software state of the driver. I think your ->begin() method is way too restrictive.
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[PATCH net-next] net: dwc-xlgmac: add the initial ethtool support Jie Deng <Jie.Deng1@synopsys.com> - 2017-04-11 10:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dwc-xlgmac: add the initial ethtool support David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-04-11 16:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH net-next] net: dwc-xlgmac: add the initial ethtool support Jie Deng <Jie.Deng1@synopsys.com> - 2017-04-12 07:20 +0200
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