Subject: Re: [PATCH] jumbo all-NICs ethtool count cleanup

From: Jeff Garzik <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:39:12 -0400

Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Hi Jeff.
> 
> You wrote:
>> The hooks ->self_test_count() and ->get_stats_count() are now unused
>> in the main tree.
> 
> So I'm suprised to see more lines added than deleted:
>>  35 files changed, 346 insertions(+), 246 deletions(-)
> 
> Puzzled - may need a bit more coffee (morning here)..

The new interface that supercedes these is ->get_sset_count(), which was 
added to provide additional functionality without having to add a new 
hook each time we want to return a new integer value.  This new 
interface also (intentionally) aligns with the existing ->get_strings() 
interface.  ("sset" in get_sset_count stands for "string set")

	Jeff