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Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 10:00:35 -0800
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com>, dev@dpdk.org, Andrew Rybchenko
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ethdev: add Linux ethtool link mode conversion
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On Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:20:56 +0100
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:

> > > 
> > > The use case is to get capabilities from the kernel driver via ethtool ioctl.
> > >   
> > 
> > Sure, as it is adding kernel ethtool conversion, DPDK driver will get
> > link from kernel driver, thanks for clarification.  
> 
> Yes the PMD uses ethtool API to get device capabilies.

Is this the old ioctl interface, or the new (and preferred) ethtool over
netlink API?