On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 04:19:19PM +0000, Stefan Chulski wrote:
> > > > I discussed it with Andrew earlier last year, and his response was:
> > > >
> > > > DT configuration of pause for fixed link probably is sufficient. I
> > > > don't remember it ever been really discussed for DSA. It was a
> > > > Melanox discussion about limiting pause for the CPU. So I think it
> > > > is safe to not implement ethtool -A, at least until somebody has a
> > > > real use case for it.
> > > >
> > > > So I chose not to support it - no point supporting features that
> > > > people aren't using. If you have a "real use case" then it can be added.
> > >
> > > This patch may be sufficient - I haven't fully considered all the
> > > implications of changing this though.
> >
> > Did you try this patch? What's the outcome?
>
> For me patch worked as expected.
Hi Stefan
Russell's patch allows it, but i would be interested in knows why you
actually need it. What is your use case for changing this on the fly?
Andrew
