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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2022 18:31:02 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Vincent MAILHOL <mailhol.vincent@wanadoo.fr>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 5/6] can: etas_es58x: report the firmware version
 through ethtool
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2022 02:12:27 +0900 Vincent MAILHOL wrote:
> I was not aware of this one. Thank you for pointing this out.
> If I correctly understand, devlink_compat_running_version() is
> supposed to allow ethtool to retrieve the firmware version from
> devlink, right?

Yes.

> Currently it does not work. I guess it is because I am not using
> SET_NETDEV_DEVLINK_PORT()? I initially thought that this was optional.

It's optional but breaks the linking hence the fallback can't kick in.
I guess "optional-ity" is a spectrum :)

> I will continue to investigate and see if it is possible to completely
> remove the .get_drvinfo() callback.