linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: Add timing-role role property for ethernet PHYs

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Message-ID: <20241004095154.5810afbf@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 09:51:54 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@...gutronix.de>, Divya.Koppera@...rochip.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] dt-bindings: net: ethernet-phy: Add
 timing-role role property for ethernet PHYs

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 19:05:58 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> > 802.3 use "Multiport device" for "preferred master" and "single-port device"
> > for "preferred slave". We decided to use other wording back in the past
> > to avoid confusing and align it with forced master/slave configurations.   
> 
> ethtool is preferred, so it would be more consistent with preferred
> 
> [Shrug]

IIUC we have two weak preferences for "preferred"?
LMK if I misunderstood.
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