Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/8] ethtool: Add ability to control transceiver modules' low power mode

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 01:30:06PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:

Isn't the "low-power" attr just duplicating the relevant bits from -m?

If low power is forced by hardware, then it depends on the assertion /
de-assertion of the hardware signal which is obviously not part of the
EEPROM dump.

I knew this would come up, so I mentioned it in the commit message:

"The low power mode can be queried from the kernel. In case
LowPwrAllowRequestHW was on, the kernel would need to take into account
the state of the LowPwrRequestHW signal, which is not visible to user
space."