Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:01:23 -0700 | From | Rick Jones <> | Subject | Re: Driver writer hints (was [PATCH 3/4] Add ETHTOOL_[GS]PFLAGS sub-ioctls) |
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> If we are getting (retrieving) flags: > > 3) Userland issues ETHTOOL_GPFLAGS, to obtain a 32-bit bitmap > > 4) Userland prints out a tag returned from ETHTOOL_GSTRINGS > for each bit set to one in the bitmap. If a bit is set, > but there is no string to describe it, that bit is ignored. > (i.e. a list of 5 strings is returned, but bit 24 is set)
Is that to enable "hidden" bits? If not I'd think that emitting some sort of "UNKNOWN_FLAG" might help flush-out little oopses like forgetting a string.
rick jones
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