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ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface
Basic genetlink and init infrastructure for the netlink interface, register genetlink family "ethtool". Add CONFIG_ETHTOOL_NETLINK Kconfig option to make the build optional. Add initial overall interface description into Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst, further patches will add more detailed information. Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@@ -449,6 +449,14 @@ config FAILOVER
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migration of VMs with direct attached VFs by failing over to the
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paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.
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config ETHTOOL_NETLINK
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bool "Netlink interface for ethtool"
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default y
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help
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An alternative userspace interface for ethtool based on generic
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netlink. It provides better extensibility and some new features,
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e.g. notification messages.
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endif # if NET
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# Used by archs to tell that they support BPF JIT compiler plus which flavour.
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