Hi,
Philippe Reynes sent in a patch [1] to convert the get_settings stuff to the new ethtool link_ksettings api. I've therefore asked Marek (original author of the ethtool stubs) whether the code is still needed for something.
He couldn't remember anything about it. This was therefore a good opportunity to completely get rid of the code - instead of converting not useful code to the new api.
Kind regards, Sven
[1] https://patchwork.open-mesh.org/patch/16982/
Sven Eckelmann (4): batman-adv: Use ethtool helper to get link status batman-adv: Remove ethtool msglevel functions batman-adv: Remove ethtool .get_settings stub batman-adv: Group ethtool related code together
net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 229 ++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 92 insertions(+), 137 deletions(-)