Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip link: add sub-command to view and change DSA master

On 9/6/2022 2:17 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 13:33:09 -0700
Florian Fainelli [off-list ref] wrote:

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On 9/6/2022 1:05 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:

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[ Alternative answer: how about "schnauzer"? I always liked how that word sounds. ]

Unfortunately, it is not gender neutral, which i assume is a
requirement?

Plus the plural is also schnauzer, which would make your current
multiple CPU/schnauzer patches confusing, unless you throw the rule
book out and use English pluralisation.

What a nice digression, I had no idea you two mastered German that well
:). How about "conduit" or "mgmt_port" or some variant in the same lexicon?

Is there an IEEE or PCI standard for this? What is used there?

This is not covered by any standard as it is really attaching a managed 
switch to an Ethernet controller and that is product design more than 
anything. Obviously there is a standard for the electrical interfaces, 
but it does not care whether you have a switch, another Ethernet 
controller, an Ethernet PHY or something else entirely.

Vendors refer to "management port" or even "in-band management port" 
though all that the Ethernet controller does is just pass through 
Ethernet frames to manage the switch.
-- 
Florian