Re: [PATCH net-next v7 00/17] ethtool netlink interface, part 1

2019-10-10 Thread Johannes Berg
On Thu, 2019-10-10 at 17:48 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:59:00 +0200 (CEST), Michal Kubecek wrote: > > 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

Re: [PATCH net-next v7 00/17] ethtool netlink interface, part 1

2019-10-10 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:59:00 +0200 (CEST), Michal Kubecek wrote: > 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 o

[PATCH net-next v7 00/17] ethtool netlink interface, part 1

2019-10-09 Thread Michal Kubecek
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 provid