[PATCH v2] ethdev: add Linux ethtool link mode conversion

[Thomas Monjalon]

01/03/2024 19:00, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:20:56 +0100
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > > > 
> > > > The use case is to get capabilities from the kernel driver via ethtool ioctl.
> > > >   
> > > 
> > > Sure, as it is adding kernel ethtool conversion, DPDK driver will get
> > > link from kernel driver, thanks for clarification.  
> > 
> > Yes the PMD uses ethtool API to get device capabilies.
> 
> Is this the old ioctl interface, or the new (and preferred) ethtool over
> netlink API?

mlx5 is using ioctl commands ETHTOOL_GSET and ETHTOOL_GLINKSETTINGS