Re: [PATCH net-next 2/9] ethtool: Expand Ethernet Power Equipment with PoE alongside PoDL

From: Oleksij Rempel
Date: Tue Nov 21 2023 - 00:13:06 EST


On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 11:14:32PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > > However, everything not PoDL PSE seems to be clause 33. So how about:
> > >
> > > enum ethtool_podl_pse_admin_state podl_admin_control;
> > > enum ethtool_c33_pse_admin_state c33_admin_control;
> > >
> > > At least inside the kernel we use c22, c45, c37 etc. I'm not sure they
> > > are visible to userspace, but if we don't have a better name, maybe we
> > > have to use c33 in userspace as well.
> > >
> > > I do think naming like this makes it clear we are talking about two
> > > parallel technologies, not a generic layer and then extensions for
> > > podl.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > I'm OK with it.
>
> Great.
>
> >
> > Köry, can you please include some kernel documentation in your patches?
> > Something like this. I hope it will help to clarify things :) :
>
> This is good. I'm just wondering where to put it. Ideally we want to
> cross reference to it in both this header file, and in the netlink
> UAPI.

Documentation/networking/pse-pd/introduction.rst ?

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