Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 10/11] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool

From: Simon Horman <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 17:55:09 +0000

On Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 04:12:47PM +0100, Maxime Chevallier wrote:

...

> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
> index af56c304cef4..3e673755800b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
> @@ -2522,6 +2522,40 @@ Within each channel nest, only the metrics supported by the PHY will be present.
>  See ``struct phy_mse_snapshot`` kernel documentation in
>  ``include/linux/phy.h``.
>  
> +PORT_GET
> +========
> +
> +Retrieve information about the physical connection points of a network device,
> +referred to as "ports". User needs to specify a PORT_ID for the DO operation,
> +in which case the DO request returns information about that specific port.
> +
> +As there can be more than one port, the DUMP operation can be used to list the
> +ports present on a given interface, by passing an interface index or name in
> +the dump request.
> +
> +Request contents:
> +
> +====================================  ======  =================================

Hi Maxime,

make htmldocs complains that "Bottom/header table border does not match top
border.".

> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER``             nested  request header
> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID``                 u32     port id
> +  ====================================  ======  ===============================
> +
> +Kernel response contents:
> +
> +  =====================================   ======  =============================
> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER``               nested  request header
> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID``                   u32     the port's unique identifier,
> +                                                  per netdevice.
> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_MODES``      bitset  bitset of supported linkmodes
> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_INTERFACES`` bitset  bitset of supported MII
> +                                                  interfaces
> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_TYPE``                 u8      the port type
> +  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_VACANT``               u8      for non-mdi ports, indicates
> +                                                  if the port is connected to
> +                                                  another device that could
> +                                                  expose a MDI
> +  =====================================   ======  =============================
> +
>  Request translation
>  ===================
>