Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751831AbYLHIyn (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 03:54:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751181AbYLHIyb (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 03:54:31 -0500 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:48143 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751015AbYLHIyb (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2008 03:54:31 -0500 Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:54:31 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20081208.005431.200957157.davem@davemloft.net> To: mitake@clustcom.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ktaka@clustcom.com Subject: Re: [RFC] New functions to manipulate registers for ethtool From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20081208171230.288c5ccf.mitake@clustcom.com> References: <20081208171230.288c5ccf.mitake@clustcom.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 724 Lines: 22 From: Hitoshi Mitake Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 17:12:30 +0900 > I want to add two new functions to ethtool. > > One is for setting driver's registers on MMIO area like > --change-eeprom option. You can map the registers into userspace using the bus level mmap facilities exported to userspace. No ethtool support is necessary for this. > Another function is for reading driver's register on MMIO. Also not necessary, for the same reasons described above. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/