linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] net: wan: framer: Add version sysfs attribute for the Lantiq PEF2256 framer

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Message-ID: <20250924164811.3952a2d7@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:48:11 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc: Herve Codina <herve.codina@...tlin.com>, Andrew Lunn
 <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric
 Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] net: wan: framer: Add version sysfs attribute for
 the Lantiq PEF2256 framer

On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:06:47 +0200 Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Lantiq PEF2256 framer has some little differences in behaviour
> depending on its version.
> 
> Add a sysfs attribute to allow user applications to know the
> version.

Outsider question perhaps but what is the version of?
It sounds like a HW revision but point releases for ASICs are quite
uncommon. So I suspect it's some SW/FW version?

We generally recommend using devlink dev info for reporting all sort 
of versions...
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