From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel•org>
To: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix•de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v9 1/1] Documentation: net: add flow control guide and document ethtool API
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 19:17:01 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260121191701.25725ed5@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260115140712.2866991-1-o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:07:11 +0100 Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> changes v9:
> - Rewrote "Kernel Policy" section in Documentation/networking/flow_control.rst
> to explicitly distinguish between "Administrative State" (User Intent) and
> "Operational State".
> - Added definitions for "Resolution Mode" and "Forced Mode", and
> disambiguated Pause Autonegotiation from Generic Link Autonegotiation.
> - Updated include/linux/ethtool.h kernel-doc to define @autoneg as a
> selector for Resolution vs. Forced mode.
> - Added "Constraint Checking" section to UAPI documentation: clarified that
> drivers should generally accept pause autoneg preferences even if link
> autoneg is currently disabled, while acknowledging strict hardware
> limitations.
> - Added recommendation for new drivers to use
> phylink_ethtool_{get,set}_pauseparam().
AFAICT the new recommendation still contradicts kdoc of struct
ethtool_pauseparam? If there's consensus that the new recommendation
is better please remove the old one.
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pw-bot: cr
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2026-01-15 14:07 [PATCH net-next v9 1/1] Documentation: net: add flow control guide and document ethtool API Oleksij Rempel
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