Re: [PATCHv3 4/7] ethtool: cosmetic: Use ethtool ethtool_cmd_speedAPI

[Ben Hutchings]

On Wed, 2011-04-27 at 18:27 -0700, David Decotigny wrote:
> This updates the network drivers so that they don't access the
> ethtool_cmd::speed field directly, but use ethtoo_cmd_speed() instead.
> 
> For most drivers, these changes are purely cosmetic and don't
> fix any problem, such as for those 1GbE/10GbE drivers that indirectly
> call their own ethtool get_settings()/mii_ethtool_gset(). The changes
> are meant to enforce code consistency and provide robustness with
> future larger throughputs, at the expense of a few CPU cycles for each
> ethtool operation.
> 
> All the drivers compiled with make allyesconfig ion x86_64 have been
> updated.
> 
> Tested: make allyesconfig on x86_64 + e1000e/bnx2x work
> Signed-off-by: David Decotigny <decot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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