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From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin•com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux•org.uk>
Cc: davem@davemloft•net, netdev@vger•kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v15 07/14] net: ethtool: Introduce a command to list PHYs on an interface
Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 10:03:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240704100302.2c9983ca@fedora-2.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZoVlnLkXuJ0J/da3@shell.armlinux.org.uk>

Hello Russell,

On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 15:52:12 +0100
"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux•org.uk> wrote:

> So, if we want to report the ID of the PHY, then really we need to
> report the clause 22 ID, and at least all the devids of each MMD in
> a clause 45 PHY. Alternatively, we may decide it isn't worth the
> effort of reporting any of these IDs.
> 
> However, reporting just the clause 22 ID would be a design error
> IMHO.

I don't have any strong reason to keep exporting the PHY id. Reporting
the driver name is enough to get a good idea of the nature of the
device, I'll drop that field then.

Thanks for taking a look,

Maxime


  reply	other threads:[~2024-07-04  8:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-03 14:07 [PATCH net-next v15 00/14] Introduce PHY listing and link_topology tracking Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 01/14] net: phy: Introduce ethernet link topology representation Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 02/14] net: sfp: pass the phy_device when disconnecting an sfp module's PHY Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 03/14] net: phy: add helpers to handle sfp phy connect/disconnect Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 04/14] net: sfp: Add helper to return the SFP bus name Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 15:36   ` Russell King (Oracle)
2024-07-04  8:04     ` Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 05/14] net: ethtool: Allow passing a phy index for some commands Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 06/14] netlink: specs: add phy-index as a header parameter Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 07/14] net: ethtool: Introduce a command to list PHYs on an interface Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:52   ` Russell King (Oracle)
2024-07-04  8:03     ` Maxime Chevallier [this message]
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 08/14] netlink: specs: add ethnl PHY_GET command set Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:07 ` [PATCH net-next v15 09/14] net: ethtool: plca: Target the command to the requested PHY Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:08 ` [PATCH net-next v15 10/14] net: ethtool: pse-pd: " Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:08 ` [PATCH net-next v15 11/14] net: ethtool: cable-test: " Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:08 ` [PATCH net-next v15 12/14] net: ethtool: strset: Remove unnecessary check on genl_info Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:08 ` [PATCH net-next v15 13/14] net: ethtool: strset: Allow querying phy stats by index Maxime Chevallier
2024-07-03 14:08 ` [PATCH net-next v15 14/14] Documentation: networking: document phy_link_topology Maxime Chevallier

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