Re: [PATCH net-next v4 05/17] net: pse-pd: Introduce PSE types enumeration

[Köry Maincent]

On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 10:58:46 -0800
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 17:02:46 +0100 Kory Maincent wrote:
> > Introduce an enumeration to define PSE types (C33 or PoDL),
> > utilizing a bitfield for potential future support of both types.
> > Include 'pse_get_types' helper for external access to PSE type info.  
> 
> I haven't read the series, just noticed this breaks the build:
> 
> error: ../include/uapi/linux/pse.h: missing "WITH Linux-syscall-note" for
> SPDX-License-Identifier

By curiosity how do you get that error? 
Is it with C=1? I didn't faced it with W=1.
C=1 is broken for several architecture like arm64, indeed I forgot to run it.

> but why the separate header? Is it going to be used in other parts of
> uAPI than just in ethtool?

We might use it in pse core if capabilities between PoE and PoDL differ but I
am not sure about it.
Do you prefer to move it to ethtool header and add prefix ETHTOOL_ to the enum
values?

> > This patch is sponsored by Dent Project <dentproject@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
> 
> side-note: no objections to the line but for accounting purposes
> (i.e. when we generate development stats) we use the Author / From
> line exclusively. So it'd be easier to compute stats of things funded
> by Dent if you used:
> 
> From: Kory Maincent (Dent Project) <kory.maincent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> but that's entirely up to you :)

Does adding the line side to the SOB in the commit message is sufficient or
should I modify the git send email config?

Regard,
-- 
Köry Maincent, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and kernel engineering
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