Re: [PATCH v2] net: add new QCA alx ethernet driver

From: Luis R. Rodriguez
Date: Fri Aug 24 2012 - 00:32:20 EST


On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Huang, Xiong <xiong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It would be useful for you to keep the tag of who wrote what if you
are trimming the e-mails, like in the above you removed the option for
me to easily discover who wrote what.

>> If you want to implement a more sophisticated packet matching mode that
>> requires more details than struct ethtool_wolinfo, then you may need to
>> define new operations.
>>
> It's great !
> Is it ok for ethtool to define a new operation with a sophisticated structure (like ethtool_eee) ?

It would be useful for you to describe the exact functionality,
perhaps in a separate thread or maybe even just RFC patches which you
have to be simply ready for may just be just that -- RFC patches which
we flush down the v2 toilet.

Luis
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