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ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface
authorMichal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Fri, 27 Dec 2019 14:55:18 +0000 (15:55 +0100)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:40:01 +0000 (16:40 -0800)
commit2b4a8990b7df55875745a80a609a1ceaaf51f322
treed164f30c2750d1288ea252df535aa53a4f04c4c3
parent356b23c073dd063427102329b296061855b912d9
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>
Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst [new file with mode: 0644]
Documentation/networking/index.rst
include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h [new file with mode: 0644]
include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h [new file with mode: 0644]
net/Kconfig
net/ethtool/Makefile
net/ethtool/netlink.c [new file with mode: 0644]
net/ethtool/netlink.h [new file with mode: 0644]