Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: Fix get module eeprom fallback

From: Ido Schimmel
Date: Fri Jun 17 2022 - 09:16:44 EST


On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 06:08:55PM +0200, Ivan Vecera wrote:
> Function fallback_set_params() checks if the module type returned
> by a driver is ETH_MODULE_SFF_8079 and in this case it assumes
> that buffer returns a concatenated content of page A0h and A2h.
> The check is wrong because the correct type is ETH_MODULE_SFF_8472.
>
> Fixes: 96d971e307cc ("ethtool: Add fallback to get_module_eeprom from netlink command")
> Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@xxxxxxxxxx>

All the drivers that report ETH_MODULE_SFF_8079 also report a length of
ETH_MODULE_SFF_8079_LEN, which means they are only accessing I2C address
0x50.

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@xxxxxxxxxx>