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Date:   Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:49:28 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>,
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        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/5] ethtool: provide link mode names as a
 string set
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On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 02:08:13PM +0100, Michal Kubecek wrote:
> Unlike e.g. netdev features, the ethtool ioctl interface requires link mode
> table to be in sync between kernel and userspace for userspace to be able
> to display and set all link modes supported by kernel. The way arbitrary
> length bitsets are implemented in netlink interface, this will be no longer
> needed.
> 
> To allow userspace to access all link modes running kernel supports, add
> table of ethernet link mode names and make it available as a string set to
> userspace GET_STRSET requests. Add build time check to make sure names
> are defined for all modes declared in enum ethtool_link_mode_bit_indices.
> 
> Once the string set is available, make it also accessible via ioctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>

    Andrew