Re: [PATCH] ethtool_ops rev 4

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>]

David S. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:17:57 -0400
> Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> > Solution #2 chooses to create a tiny bit more 
> > merge-to-mainline pain, but also keeps the mainline kernel drivers more 
> > clean.
>
> You don't need DO_ETHTOOL_OPS and thus the merge-to-mainline pain
> at all if you do something like:
>
> 1) SET_ETHDEV_OPS() also overrides the ->do_ioctl() setting to
>    a kcompat_netdev_ioctl() one, but remembers the original pointer
>    somewhere.
>
> 2) kcompat_netdev_ioctl() does the things DO_ETHTOOL_OPS would
>    have done, failing that it calls the saved ->do_ioctl() pointer.

Certainly.  That's a bit nicer than the back-compat gunk I was plotting, 
even.
Still need the boring and obvious definition of SET_ETHTOOL_OPS in 
mainline, though.
        Jeff