linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next] Documentation: networking: Add missing PHY

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Message-ID: <20241024145223.GR1202098@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:52:23 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
	thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Documentation: networking: Add missing PHY_GET
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On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 04:15:58PM +0200, Kory Maincent wrote:
> ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET/GET_REPLY/NTF is missing in the ethtool message list.
> Add it to the ethool netlink documentation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent <kory.maincent@...tlin.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
> index 295563e91082..70ecc3821007 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
> @@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ Userspace to kernel:
>    ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET``                get MAC merge layer state
>    ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_SET``                set MAC merge layer parameters
>    ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_FW_FLASH_ACT``   flash transceiver module firmware
> +  ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET``               get Ethernet PHY information
>    ===================================== =================================
>  
>  Kernel to userspace:
> @@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ Kernel to userspace:
>    ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PLCA_NTF``                 PLCA RS parameters
>    ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MM_GET_REPLY``             MAC merge layer status
>    ``ETHTOOL_MSG_MODULE_FW_FLASH_NTF``      transceiver module flash updates
> +  ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET_REPLY``            Ethernet PHY information
> +  ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_NTF``                  Ethernet PHY information

I wonder if ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_NTF should be removed.
It doesn't seem to be used anywhere.

>    ======================================== =================================
>  
>  ``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 
>