netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ethtool: add support for forward error correction modes

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Date:   Fri, 7 Jul 2017 00:36:47 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     "Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
Cc:     Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>,
        Dustin Byford <dustin@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "vidya.chowdary@...il.com" <vidya.chowdary@...il.com>,
        "olson@...ulusnetworks.com" <olson@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Manoj Malviya <manojmalviya@...lsio.com>,
        Santosh Rastapur <santosh@...lsio.com>,
        "yuval.mintz@...gic.com" <yuval.mintz@...gic.com>,
        "odedw@...lanox.com" <odedw@...lanox.com>,
        "ariela@...lanox.com" <ariela@...lanox.com>,
        "galp@...lanox.com" <galp@...lanox.com>,
        "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] net: ethtool: add support for forward error
 correction modes

> Agree with your points generally, but other networking hw vendors
> have dealt with this since SFP variant and other modules arrived on
> the scene.

It seems like there is interest now in consolidating this, in the same
way that copper PHYs got consolidated. Yes, there are some MAC drivers
which still have there own PHY drivers, but most Ethernet MAC drivers
use phylib.

Now maybe the time for an sfplib.

    Andrew