On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:13 AM Danielle Ratson <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct ethtool_link_ksettings {
> } link_modes;
> u32 lanes;
> enum ethtool_link_mode_bit_indices link_mode;
> + bool link_mode_valid;
> };
Why isn't this handled the same way as is done for lanes, with a
cap_link_mode_supported bit in ethtool_ops? This would be more
consistent from a driver API perspective. Then,
linkmodes_prepare_data() can set link_mode to -1 for drivers that
don't claim to supply link_mode.
Regards,
Edwin Peer
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