Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool] netlink: settings: fix netlink support when PLCA is not present

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 07 May 2023 22:40:19 +0000

Hello:

This patch was applied to ethtool/ethtool.git (master)
by Michal Kubecek <[email-masked]>:

On Mon, 24 Apr 2023 17:07:42 -0700 you wrote:
> PLCA support threw the PLCA commands as required into the initial
> support check at the start of nl_gset(). That's not correct.
> The initial check (AFAIU) queries for the base support in the kernel
> i.e. support for the commands which correspond to ioctls.
> If those are not available (presumably very old kernel or kernel
> without ethtool-netlink) we're better off using the ioctl.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [ethtool] netlink: settings: fix netlink support when PLCA is not present
    https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/ethtool/ethtool.git/commit/?id=3d1f1c1e5070

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