Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] ethtool netlink interface, preliminary part

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Wed Dec 11 2019 - 12:46:21 EST


On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 10:58:09 +0100 (CET), Michal Kubecek wrote:
> As Jakub Kicinski suggested in ethtool netlink v7 discussion, this
> submission consists only of preliminary patches which raised no objections;
> first four patches already have Acked-by or Reviewed-by.
>
> - patch 1 exposes permanent hardware address (as shown by "ethtool -P")
> via rtnetlink
> - patch 2 is renames existing netlink helper to a better name
> - patch 3 and 4 reorganize existing ethtool code (no functional change)
> - patch 5 makes the table of link mode names available as an ethtool string
> set (will be needed for the netlink interface)

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>