Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 4 Dec 2022 22:30:59 +0100 | From | Piergiorgio Beruto <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ethtool: update UAPI files |
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On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 10:25:21PM +0100, Michal Kubecek wrote: > On Sun, Dec 04, 2022 at 10:16:01PM +0100, Piergiorgio Beruto wrote: > > Hello Michal, > > I was wondering if you could help me with the issue below. > > > > In short, I'm trying to add a new feature to netlink / ethtool that > > requires changes to the UAPI headers. I therefore need to update these > > headers in the ethtool userland program as well. > > > > The problem I'm having is that I don't know the procedure for updating > > the headers, which is something I need to build my patch to ethtool on. > > > > I understand now this is not a straight copy of the kernel headers to > > the ethtool repository. > > > > Should I use some script / procedure / else? > > Or should I just post my patch without the headers? (I wonder how we can > > verify it though?) > > > > Any help on the matter would be very appreciated. > > See https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/devel.html for > guidelines (section "Submitting patches"). What we need are so-called > sanitized kernel headers, created by "make headers_install". The easiest > way to update them is using the ethtool-import-uapi script linked from > that page, usually "master" or "net-next" is the most appropriate > argument, depending on your target branch. > > Michal Great, thank you Michal! That is exactly what I was looking for.
Kind Regards, Piergiorgio
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