linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/8] phy: introduce the PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_PHY mode for phy_set_mode

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Message-ID: <20230821181522.eq65uymp2pcko7wa@skbuf>
Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2023 21:15:22 +0300
From:   Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To:     "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>,
        Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
        Camelia Groza <camelia.groza@....com>,
        Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
        Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>,
        Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
        Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
        Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 2/8] phy: introduce the
 PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_PHY mode for phy_set_mode_ext()

On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 07:14:04PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 06:06:38PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > As opposed to PHY_MODE_ETHERNET which takes a phy_interface_t as is
> > expected to be used by an Ethernet MAC driver, PHY_MODE_ETHERNET takes
> > an enum ethtool_link_mode_bit_indices and expects to be used by an
> > Ethernet PHY driver.
> 
> This doesn't seem to be correct. I think one of your PHY_MODE_ETHERNET
> above should be PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_PHY - but maybe instead it should
> be PHY_MODE_ETHTOOL so that it's clearly different and doesn't get
> confused with PHY_MODE_ETHERNET ?
> 
> -- 
> RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
> FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!

Correct, sorry for the incorrect commit description.

PHY_MODE_ETHTOOL would also work perfectly fine to me, and is more
explicit.