Re: [PATCH 2/10] cxgb3 - main source file

[Arjan van de Ven]

> They are used to parameter the HW:
> register access,

ethtool supports that, so shouldn't be an ioctl for sure

>  configuration of queue sets, on board memory 
> configuration,

I'm sure ethtool can do that too

> firmware load, etc ...

and for this we have request_firmware() interface. 

adding device specific ioctl that duplicate functionality that exists or
should exist in a generic way isn't really acceptable for 2.6 kernels
anymore....



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