Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:53:17 -0700 | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 09/15] net: dsa: Add support for switch EEPROM access |
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On 10/30/2014 07:40 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote: >> As suspected, ethtool will attempt to read a zero-length eeprom. >> >> The following patch should solve the problem. Not sure if it is worth it, >> though, since this will change behavior for existing drivers. > > Yes, it changes behaviour, but it does make it more consistent. > > Probably it should be up to core network people to decide if this is > the write fix or leave it as is. >
s/write/right/.
The patch shows up in the netdev patchwork. David marked it as RFC, so we'll see where it goes.
Thanks, Guenter
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