Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Nov 2020 16:06:12 -0800 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [RFC net-next 00/28] ndo_ioctl rework |
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On Fri, 6 Nov 2020 23:17:15 +0100 Arnd Bergmann wrote: > Any suggestions on how to proceed? I think the ndo_siocdevprivate > change is the most interesting here, and I would like to get > that merged.
Splitting out / eliminating ioctl pass-thry in general seems like a nice clean up. How did you get the ndo_eth_ioctl patch done, was it manual work?
> For the wireless drivers, removing the old drivers > instead of just the dead code might be an alternative, depending > on whether anyone thinks there might still be users.
Dunno if you want to dig into removal with a series like this, anything using ioctls will be pretty old (with the exception of what you separated into ndo_eth_ioctl). You may get bogged down.
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