RE: [RFC net-next 1/1] ethtool: Add support for set eeprom metadata.

2016-06-05 Thread Yuval Mintz
> > > > > Currently ethtool implementation does not have a way to pass the > > > > > metadata for eeprom related operations. Some adapters have a > > > > > complicated non-volatile memory implementation that requires > > > > > additional information – there are drivers [bnx2x and bnxt] that > > >

Re: [RFC net-next 1/1] ethtool: Add support for set eeprom metadata.

2016-06-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2016-06-05 at 13:29 +, Yuval Mintz wrote: > > > > > > Currently ethtool implementation does not have a way to pass the > > > > metadata for eeprom related operations. Some adapters have a > > > > complicated non-volatile memory implementation that requires > > > > additional

RE: [RFC net-next 1/1] ethtool: Add support for set eeprom metadata.

2016-06-05 Thread Yuval Mintz
> > > Currently ethtool implementation does not have a way to pass the > > > metadata for eeprom related operations. Some adapters have a > > > complicated non-volatile memory implementation that requires > > > additional information – there are drivers [bnx2x and bnxt] that use > > > the ‘magic’

Re: [RFC net-next 1/1] ethtool: Add support for set eeprom metadata.

2016-06-05 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2016-06-05 at 10:16 +, Yuval Mintz wrote: > > > > Currently ethtool implementation does not have a way to pass the metadata > > for > > eeprom related operations. Some adapters have a complicated non-volatile > > memory implementation that requires additional information – there are

RE: [RFC net-next 1/1] ethtool: Add support for set eeprom metadata.

2016-06-05 Thread Yuval Mintz
> Currently ethtool implementation does not have a way to pass the metadata for > eeprom related operations. Some adapters have a complicated non-volatile > memory implementation that requires additional information – there are drivers > [bnx2x and bnxt] that use the ‘magic’ field in the

[RFC net-next 1/1] ethtool: Add support for set eeprom metadata.

2016-05-26 Thread Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru
Currently ethtool implementation does not have a way to pass the metadata for eeprom related operations. Some adapters have a complicated non-volatile memory implementation that requires additional information – there are drivers [bnx2x and bnxt] that use the ‘magic’ field in the {G,S}EEPROM for