Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/6] octeontx2-vf: Ethtool support

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 20:21:11 +0100

On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 12:17:23AM +0530, [email-masked] wrote:
> +int __weak otx2vf_open(struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +int __weak otx2vf_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
> +{
> +	return 0;
> +}

Hi Sunil

weak symbols are very unusual in a driver. Why are they required?

Thanks
	Andrew