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+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ Kernel to userspace:
``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_NTF`` wake-on-lan settings notification
``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET_REPLY`` device features
``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET_REPLY`` optional reply to FEATURES_SET
+ ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF`` netdev features notification
===================================== =================================
``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device
@@ -591,6 +592,11 @@ reports the difference between old and new dev->features: mask consists of
bits which have changed, values are their values in new dev->features (after
the operation).
+``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF`` notification is sent not only if device features
+are modified using ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` request or on of ethtool ioctl
+request but also each time features are modified with netdev_update_features()
+or netdev_change_features().
+
Request translation
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