Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/10] cxgb3 - main source file | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 09:16:18 +0100 |
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> They are used to parameter the HW: > register access,
ethtool supports that, so shouldn't be an ioctl for sure
> configuration of queue sets, on board memory > configuration,
I'm sure ethtool can do that too
> firmware load, etc ...
and for this we have request_firmware() interface.
adding device specific ioctl that duplicate functionality that exists or should exist in a generic way isn't really acceptable for 2.6 kernels anymore....
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