[PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: selftest: provide option to disable generic selftests

[Randy Dunlap]

On 4/30/21 9:23 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>> Thanks for the patch/option. But I think it should just default to n,
>>> not PHYLIB.
>>
>> It should be enabled by default for every device supporting this kind of
>> selftests.
> 
> I agree.
> 
> I still wonder if there is confusion about self test here. Maybe

Probably.

> putting ethtool into the description will help people understand it
> has nothing to do with the kernel self test infrastructure and kernel
> self testing.

So it's a hardware check that is required to be run if it's implemented
in a driver?

Required by who/what?

thanks.
-- 
~Randy