Re: [PATCH v3 09/15] net: dsa: Add support for switch EEPROM access

[Guenter Roeck]

On 10/30/2014 07:40 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > As suspected, ethtool will attempt to read a zero-length eeprom.
> >
> > The following patch should solve the problem. Not sure if it is worth it,
> > though, since this will change behavior for existing drivers.
>
> Yes, it changes behaviour, but it does make it more consistent.
>
> Probably it should be up to core network people to decide if this is
> the write fix or leave it as is.

s/write/right/.

The patch shows up in the netdev patchwork. David marked it as RFC,
so we'll see where it goes.

Thanks,
Guenter

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