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authorMichal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>2019-12-27 15:55:18 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2019-12-27 16:40:01 -0800
commit2b4a8990b7df55875745a80a609a1ceaaf51f322 (patch)
treed164f30c2750d1288ea252df535aa53a4f04c4c3 /net/Kconfig
parent356b23c073dd063427102329b296061855b912d9 (diff)
downloadlinux-2b4a8990b7df55875745a80a609a1ceaaf51f322.tar.bz2
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>
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diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 52af65e5d28c..54916b7adb9b 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ config FAILOVER
migration of VMs with direct attached VFs by failing over to the
paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.
+config ETHTOOL_NETLINK
+ bool "Netlink interface for ethtool"
+ default y
+ help
+ An alternative userspace interface for ethtool based on generic
+ netlink. It provides better extensibility and some new features,
+ e.g. notification messages.
+
endif # if NET
# Used by archs to tell that they support BPF JIT compiler plus which flavour.