Re: [RFC, 1/2] ethtool: Implement private flags interface for ethtool application.
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From: Ben Hutchings <hidden>
Date: 2011-09-02 21:27:14
On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 13:50 -0700, Carolyn Wyborny wrote:
This patch completes the user space implementation of the private flags inteface in ethtool. Using -b/-B options.
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Private flags are supposed to be named (string set ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS).
ethtool should only support getting and setting flags by name, not
number. That way people can actually remember what the flags do and
their scripts won't break when the driver changes flag numbers.
Ben.
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