Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix DMA channel misreporting for the Renesas Ethernet drivers

[David Miller]

From: Sergei Shtylyov 
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:06:24 +0300

>Here's a set of 2 patches against DaveM's 'net.git' repo fixing
> up the DMA channel reporting by 'ifconfig'...

Seires applied to net-next.

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix DMA channel misreporting for the Renesas Ethernet drivers

[David Miller]

From: Sergei Shtylyov 
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:13:02 +0300

> Hello.
> 
> On 07/18/2016 09:24 AM, David Miller wrote:
> 
>>>Here's a set of 2 patches against DaveM's 'net.git' repo fixing
>>> up the DMA channel reporting by 'ifconfig'...
>>
>> Is some fixing some ifconfig output that is effectively meaningless
>> appropriate for 'net'?
> 
>I just don't know any more users of SIOCGIFMAP ioctl... ip?
>It seems to  also be used in net/core/rtnetlink.c...

Who cares who uses it.  The important thing to ask is what in the
world could they do with the value?

DMA masks have no meaning or usage since ISA times.

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix DMA channel misreporting for the Renesas Ethernet drivers

[Sergei Shtylyov]

Hello.

On 07/18/2016 09:24 AM, David Miller wrote:


   Here's a set of 2 patches against DaveM's 'net.git' repo fixing
up the DMA channel reporting by 'ifconfig'...


Is some fixing some ifconfig output that is effectively meaningless
appropriate for 'net'?


   I just don't know any more users of SIOCGIFMAP ioctl... ip?
   It seems to  also be used in net/core/rtnetlink.c...


Sounds like 'net-next' material to me.


   Up to you, of course.

MBR, Sergei

Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix DMA channel misreporting for the Renesas Ethernet drivers

[David Miller]

From: Sergei Shtylyov 
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:06:24 +0300

>Here's a set of 2 patches against DaveM's 'net.git' repo fixing
> up the DMA channel reporting by 'ifconfig'...

Is some fixing some ifconfig output that is effectively meaningless
appropriate for 'net'?  Sounds like 'net-next' material to me.