Re: [PATCH net-next v3 10/11] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Date: 2026-02-03 18:14:41
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From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Date: 2026-02-03 18:14:41
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Hi Simon, On 03/02/2026 18:55, Simon Horman wrote:
On Sun, Feb 01, 2026 at 04:12:47PM +0100, Maxime Chevallier wrote: ...quoted
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.".
Ah indeed ! I'll address this in V5 then. Thank you for the report ! Maxime