Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] ethtool: doc: clarify what drivers can implement in their get_drvinfo()

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:27:18 -0800

On Sun, 13 Nov 2022 17:34:04 +0900 Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> - * Drivers should set at most @driver, @version, @fw_version and
> - * @bus_info in their get_drvinfo() implementation.  The ethtool
> - * core fills in the other fields using other driver operations.
> + * Drivers should set at most @fw_version and @erom_version in their
> + * get_drvinfo() implementation. The ethtool core fills in the other
> + * fields using other driver operations.

Can I still nit pick the working on v3? :)

Almost half of the fields are not filled in by other operations, 
so how about we cut deeper? Even @erom_version is only filled in by 
a single driver, and pretty much deprecated (devlink is much more
flexible for all FW version reporting and flashing).

How about:

 * Majority of the drivers should no longer implement this callback.
 * Most fields are correctly filled in by the core using system
 * information, or populated using other driver operations.