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Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h index dc69391d2bba..c8f8e2455bf3 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h @@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ * %ETHTOOL_GSET to get the current values before making specific * changes and then applying them with %ETHTOOL_SSET. * - * Drivers that implement set_settings() should validate all fields - * other than @cmd that are not described as read-only or deprecated, - * and must ignore all fields described as read-only. - * * Deprecated fields should be ignored by both users and drivers. */ struct ethtool_cmd { @@ -1800,14 +1796,9 @@ enum ethtool_reset_flags { * rejected. * * Deprecated %ethtool_cmd fields transceiver, maxtxpkt and maxrxpkt - * are not available in %ethtool_link_settings. Until all drivers are - * converted to ignore them or to the new %ethtool_link_settings API, - * for both queries and changes, users should always try - * %ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS first, and if it fails with -ENOTSUPP stick - * only to %ETHTOOL_GSET and %ETHTOOL_SSET consistently. If it - * succeeds, then users should stick to %ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS and - * %ETHTOOL_SLINKSETTINGS (which would support drivers implementing - * either %ethtool_cmd or %ethtool_link_settings). + * are not available in %ethtool_link_settings. These fields will be + * always set to zero in %ETHTOOL_GSET reply and %ETHTOOL_SSET will + * fail if any of them is set to non-zero value. * * Users should assume that all fields not marked read-only are * writable and subject to validation by the driver. They should use |