Re: [PATCH net-next 02/11] ethtool: Add loopback netlink UAPI definitions
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2026-03-11 15:30:20
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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2026-03-11 15:30:20
Also in:
linux-kselftest, linux-rdma, lkml
I like this. The nice thing is that since "name" is a string, we're not locked into an enum -- drivers report what they have using 802.3 vocabulary, and we document the recommended names (pcs, pma, pmd, mii) with references? That way it's unambiguous, but not too constrained.
It is both good and bad. I expect some vendors will just ignore the text and use what their data sheet says, because they don't know better. An enum forces more consistency. https://gist.github.com/mjball/9cd028ac793ae8b351df1379f1e721f9 enum gets you around level 9. string around level 3. Andrew