From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: mkubecek@suse.cz
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jakub.kicinski@netronome.com,
jiri@resnulli.us, andrew@lunn.ch, f.fainelli@gmail.com,
linville@tuxdriver.com, stephen@networkplumber.org,
johannes@sipsolutions.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v8 00/14] ethtool netlink interface, part 1
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 23:18:35 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191224.231835.1355628010065210167.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1577052887.git.mkubecek@suse.cz>
From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:45:14 +0100 (CET)
> This is first part of netlink based alternative userspace interface for
> ethtool. It aims to address some long known issues with the ioctl
> interface, mainly lack of extensibility, raciness, limited error reporting
> and absence of notifications. The goal is to allow userspace ethtool
> utility to provide all features it currently does but without using the
> ioctl interface. However, some features provided by ethtool ioctl API will
> be available through other netlink interfaces (rtnetlink, devlink) if it's
> more appropriate.
...
Please address the feedback for patch #3 (especially the u32-->u8 thing) and
then this series should be good to go!
Thanks!
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-12-25 7:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-12-22 23:45 [PATCH net-next v8 00/14] ethtool netlink interface, part 1 Michal Kubecek
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 01/14] ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:01 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-24 9:45 ` Andrew Lunn
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 02/14] ethtool: helper functions for " Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:08 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-25 11:07 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 03/14] ethtool: netlink bitset handling Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:15 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 04/14] ethtool: support for netlink notifications Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:16 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 05/14] ethtool: default handlers for GET requests Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:23 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 06/14] ethtool: provide string sets with STRSET_GET request Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:28 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 07/14] ethtool: provide link settings with LINKINFO_GET request Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:32 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 08/14] ethtool: set link settings with LINKINFO_SET request Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:30 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:45 ` [PATCH net-next v8 09/14] ethtool: add default notification handler Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:31 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next v8 10/14] ethtool: add LINKINFO_NTF notification Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:34 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next v8 11/14] ethtool: provide link mode information with LINKMODES_GET request Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:35 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next v8 12/14] ethtool: set link modes related data with LINKMODES_SET request Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:40 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next v8 13/14] ethtool: add LINKMODES_NTF notification Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:41 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-22 23:46 ` [PATCH net-next v8 14/14] ethtool: provide link state with LINKSTATE_GET request Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:44 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-27 12:47 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-12-23 16:52 ` [PATCH net-next v8 00/14] ethtool netlink interface, part 1 Florian Fainelli
2019-12-23 22:05 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-12-24 4:45 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-12-25 7:18 ` David Miller [this message]
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