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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 20 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h index 15a42de87fec..441bd316b850 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h @@ -209,11 +209,25 @@ struct ethtool_value { __u32 data; }; -/* for passing big chunks of data */ +/** + * struct ethtool_regs - hardware register dump + * @cmd: Command number = %ETHTOOL_GREGS + * @version: Dump format version. This is driver-specific and may + * distinguish different chips/revisions. Drivers must use new + * version numbers whenever the dump format changes in an + * incompatible way. + * @len: On entry, the real length of @data. On return, the number of + * bytes used. + * @data: Buffer for the register dump + * + * Users should use %ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO to find the maximum length of + * a register dump for the interface. They must allocate the buffer + * immediately following this structure. + */ struct ethtool_regs { __u32 cmd; - __u32 version; /* driver-specific, indicates different chips/revs */ - __u32 len; /* bytes */ + __u32 version; + __u32 len; __u8 data[0]; }; |