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

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Date:   Thu, 6 Jul 2017 22:37:14 +0000
From:   Casey Leedom <leedom@...lsio.com>
To:     "Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
CC:     Dustin Byford <dustin@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        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

| From: Wyborny, Carolyn <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
| Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2017 3:16 PM
| 
| Agree with your points generally, but other networking hw vendors have
| dealt with this since SFP variant and other modules arrived on the scene. 

The only case of this of which I'm aware is the SFP+ RJ45 1Gb/s
Transceiver Module.  But yes, that presaged what we're looking at
now as a much simpler example.

Casey