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Author SHA1 Message Date
Michal Kubecek
041b1c5d4a ethtool: helper functions for netlink interface
Add common request/reply header definition and helpers to parse request
header and fill reply header. Provide ethnl_update_* helpers to update
structure members from request attributes (to be used for *_SET requests).

Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2019-12-27 16:40:01 -08:00
Michal Kubecek
2b4a8990b7 ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface
Basic genetlink and init infrastructure for the netlink interface, register
genetlink family "ethtool". Add CONFIG_ETHTOOL_NETLINK Kconfig option to
make the build optional. Add initial overall interface description into
Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst, further patches will add more
detailed information.

Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2019-12-27 16:40:01 -08:00