Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 May 2015 19:59:13 +0200 | From | Andrew Lunn <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/7] net: dsa: ar8xxx: add regmap support |
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On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:36:49AM -0700, Mathieu Olivari wrote: > Alternatively, we could have something similar to what happens for the phy > in the wireless subsystems. Wireless PHYs are not registered as net_device > but they can still be listed, queried or configured through netlink.
It is a reasonable idea, but you retrieve most of the useful information using ethtool. That, as far as i know, operates on net_devices, not phys.
Andrew
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