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[net-next,4/7] ethtool: Document behavior when module EEPROM bank attribute is omitted

Message ID 20210622065052.2545107-5-idosch@idosch.org
State New
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Series ethtool: Module EEPROM API improvements | expand

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Ido Schimmel June 22, 2021, 6:50 a.m. UTC 
From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>

The kernel assumes bank 0 when 'ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_EEPROM_GET' is sent
without 'ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_BANK'.

Document it as part of the interface documentation.

Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
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 Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 2 ++
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index 8ae644f800f0..6ea91e41593f 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -1383,6 +1383,8 @@  Request contents:
   ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_I2C_ADDRESS``  u8      page I2C address
   =======================================  ======  ==========================
 
+If ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_BANK`` is not specified, bank 0 is assumed.
+
 Kernel response contents:
 
  +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+