ethtool: set link settings with LINKINFO_SET request

Implement LINKINFO_SET netlink request to set link settings queried by LINKINFO_GET message. Only physical port, phy MDIO address and MDI(-X) control can be set, attempt to modify MDI(-X) status and transceiver is rejected.

Michal Kubecek committed 6 years ago

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include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h+1−0

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ enum { · 15 unmodified lines
16	ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_NONE,	16	ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_NONE,
17	ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET,	17	ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET,
18	ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET,	18	ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_GET,
		19	ETHTOOL_MSG_LINKINFO_SET,
19		20
20	/* add new constants above here */	21	/* add new constants above here */
21	__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT,	22	__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT,