RE: [RFC PATCH net-next 04/10] ethtool: Add link extended state

[Amit Cohen]

Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> writes:

>> +/**
>> + * enum ethtool_ext_substate_cable_issue - more information in
>> + * addition to ETHTOOL_EXT_STATE_CABLE_ISSUE.
>> + */
>> +enum ethtool_ext_substate_cable_issue {
>> +	ETHTOOL_EXT_SUBSTATE_UNSUPPORTED_CABLE = 1,
>> +	ETHTOOL_EXT_SUBSTATE_SHORTED_CABLE,
>> +};
>
>I'm not too happy about shorted cable. I can see this getting extended to open cable, shorted to another pair, etc. It then becomes a duplicate of the PHY cable testing infrastructure. A more generic
>
>> +	ETHTOOL_EXT_SUBSTATE_CABLE_TEST_FAILURE,
>
>would be better, and then the user can use then use the cable testing infrastructure to get the full details.
>

Ok, makes sense.

>	Andrew