linux-kernel - Re: [net-next] octeontx2-pf: ethtool: Display "Autoneg" and "Port" fields

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Message-ID: <20250520165019.6d075176@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 16:50:19 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@...vell.com>
Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Sunil Goutham
 <sgoutham@...vell.com>, Linu Cherian <lcherian@...vell.com>, Geetha
 sowjanya <gakula@...vell.com>, Jerin Jacob <jerinj@...vell.com>, Subbaraya
 Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David
 S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo
 Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Bharat Bhushan <bbhushan2@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next] octeontx2-pf: ethtool: Display "Autoneg" and "Port"
 fields

On Mon, 19 May 2025 16:53:33 +0530 Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> The Octeontx2/CN10k netdev drivers access a shared firmware structure
> to obtain link configuration details, such as supported and advertised
> link modes.
> 
> This patch updates the shared firmware data to include additional
> fields like 'Autonegotiation' and 'Port type'.
> 
> example output:
>   ethtool ethx
> 	 Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
> 	 Port: Twisted Pair

Can you add the real output without trimming please?

> +	cmd->base.port = rsp->fwdata.port;

Do you validate somewhere this value is within the legitimate values
from kernel uAPI?
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