[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v16 0/6] User-space Ethtool

Thomas Monjalon thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Wed Jul 15 12:30:59 CEST 2015


2015-07-15 10:15, Wang, Liang-min:
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> > 2015-07-14 20:56, Wang, Liang-min:
> > > Thomas,
> > > 	The mac_addr_set is needed for ethtool net-op as described in
> > > 	examples/ethtool-ethtool/lib/rte_ethtool.c
> > (rte_ethtool_net_set/get_mac_addr).
> > 
> > That's why it should be the first patch of this series.
> > You probably misread "another patch" which means different patch in same
> > series.
> > 
> That's why this API and rest of API's added into librte_ether are all prepared in the same patch: 001.
> I'm confused on your comment here. Are you asking me to break the patch 001 into two patches in the same series?
> Meaning 001 and 002, would that be more confusing?

Yes exactly.
001: mac_addr_set
002: reg/eeprom
Thanks



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