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Diffstat (limited to 'include/standard-headers/linux/ethtool.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/standard-headers/linux/ethtool.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/standard-headers/linux/ethtool.h b/include/standard-headers/linux/ethtool.h index 57ffcb5341..063c814278 100644 --- a/include/standard-headers/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/standard-headers/linux/ethtool.h @@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ * %ETHTOOL_GSET to get the current values before making specific * changes and then applying them with %ETHTOOL_SSET. * - * Drivers that implement set_settings() should validate all fields - * other than @cmd that are not described as read-only or deprecated, - * and must ignore all fields described as read-only. - * * Deprecated fields should be ignored by both users and drivers. */ struct ethtool_cmd { @@ -886,7 +882,7 @@ struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec { uint32_t location; }; -/* How rings are layed out when accessing virtual functions or +/* How rings are laid out when accessing virtual functions or * offloaded queues is device specific. To allow users to do flow * steering and specify these queues the ring cookie is partitioned * into a 32bit queue index with an 8 bit virtual function id. @@ -895,7 +891,7 @@ struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec { * devices start supporting PCIe w/ARI. However at the moment I * do not know of any devices that support this so I do not reserve * space for this at this time. If a future patch consumes the next - * byte it should be aware of this possiblity. + * byte it should be aware of this possibility. */ #define ETHTOOL_RX_FLOW_SPEC_RING 0x00000000FFFFFFFFLL #define ETHTOOL_RX_FLOW_SPEC_RING_VF 0x000000FF00000000LL @@ -1800,14 +1796,9 @@ enum ethtool_reset_flags { * rejected. * * Deprecated %ethtool_cmd fields transceiver, maxtxpkt and maxrxpkt - * are not available in %ethtool_link_settings. Until all drivers are - * converted to ignore them or to the new %ethtool_link_settings API, - * for both queries and changes, users should always try - * %ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS first, and if it fails with -ENOTSUPP stick - * only to %ETHTOOL_GSET and %ETHTOOL_SSET consistently. If it - * succeeds, then users should stick to %ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS and - * %ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS (which would support drivers implementing - * either %ethtool_cmd or %ethtool_link_settings). + * are not available in %ethtool_link_settings. These fields will be + * always set to zero in %ETHTOOL_GSET reply and %ETHTOOL_SSET will + * fail if any of them is set to non-zero value. * * Users should assume that all fields not marked read-only are * writable and subject to validation by the driver. They should use |