On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 12:18:08PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 12:15:20 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:53:40 +0300 Ido Schimmel wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 11:13:51AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > > On Sat, 17 Apr 2021 10:57:42 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > > > > > > > FWIW ethnl_parse_bit() -> ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_NAME > > > > User space can also use raw flags like --groups 0xf but that's perhaps > > > > too spartan for serious use. > > > > > > So the kernel can work with ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_INDEX / > > > ETHTOOL_A_BITSET_BIT_NAME, but I was wondering if using ethtool binary > > > we can query the strings that the kernel will accept. I think not? > > Heh, I misunderstood your question. You're asking if the strings can be > queried from the command line.
Yea :) > > No, I don't think so. We could add some form of "porcelain" command if > needed. Can be useful for automatic bash completion, but if you need to patch mag page / help message, then also patching bash completion is not a big deal.
