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Message-ID: <20260127134202.8208-13-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:42:00 +0100
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To: davem@...emloft.net,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next 12/13] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool

Ethernet network interfaces may have more than one front-facing port.
The phy_port infrastructure was introduced to keep track of
these ports, and allow userspace to know about the presence and
capability of these ports. Add a ethnl netlink message to report this
information.

Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
---
 Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml      | 50 +++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst  | 35 +++++++++++++
 .../uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h    | 19 +++++++
 3 files changed, 104 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
index 0a2d2343f79a..f0f424009fb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ definitions:
       -
         name: discard
         value: 31
+  -
+    name: port-type
+    type: enum
+    entries: [mdi, sfp]
 
 attribute-sets:
   -
@@ -1890,6 +1894,32 @@ attribute-sets:
         name: link
         type: nest
         nested-attributes: mse-snapshot
+  -
+    name: port
+    attr-cnt-name: --ethtool-a-port-cnt
+    attributes:
+      -
+        name: header
+        type: nest
+        nested-attributes: header
+      -
+        name: id
+        type: u32
+      -
+        name: supported-modes
+        type: nest
+        nested-attributes: bitset
+      -
+        name: supported-interfaces
+        type: nest
+        nested-attributes: bitset
+      -
+        name: type
+        type: u8
+        enum: port-type
+      -
+        name: occupied
+        type: u8
 
 operations:
   enum-model: directional
@@ -2842,6 +2872,26 @@ operations:
             - worst-channel
             - link
       dump: *mse-get-op
+    -
+      name: port-get
+      doc: Get ports attached to an interface
+
+      attribute-set: port
+
+      do: &port-get-op
+        request:
+          attributes:
+            - header
+            - id
+        reply:
+          attributes:
+            - header
+            - id
+            - supported-modes
+            - supported-interfaces
+            - type
+            - occupied
+      dump: *port-get-op
 
 mcast-groups:
   list:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index af56c304cef4..450004d545b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -2522,6 +2522,40 @@ Within each channel nest, only the metrics supported by the PHY will be present.
 See ``struct phy_mse_snapshot`` kernel documentation in
 ``include/linux/phy.h``.
 
+PORT_GET
+========
+
+Retrieve information about the physical connection points of a network device,
+referred to as "ports". User needs to specify a PORT_ID for the DO operation,
+in which case the DO request returns information about that specific port.
+
+As there can be more than one port, the DUMP operation can be used to list the
+ports present on a given interface, by passing an interface index or name in
+the dump request.
+
+Request contents:
+
+====================================  ======  =================================
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER``             nested  request header
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID``                 u32     port id
+  ====================================  ======  ===============================
+
+Kernel response contents:
+
+  =====================================   ======  =============================
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER``               nested  request header
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID``                   u32     the port's unique identifier,
+                                                  per netdevice.
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_MODES``      bitset  bitset of supported linkmodes
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_INTERFACES`` bitset  bitset of supported MII
+                                                  interfaces
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_TYPE``                 u32     the port type
+  ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_OCCUPIED``             u8      for non-mdi ports, indicates
+                                                  if the port is connected
+                                                  another device that could
+                                                  expose a MDI
+  =====================================   ======  =============================
+
 Request translation
 ===================
 
@@ -2632,4 +2666,5 @@ are netlink only.
   n/a                                 ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET``
   ``SIOCGHWTSTAMP``                   ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_GET``
   ``SIOCSHWTSTAMP``                   ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_SET``
+  n/a                                 ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET``
   =================================== =====================================
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h
index 556a0c834df5..7ccd864a6e38 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ enum ethtool_pse_event {
 	ETHTOOL_PSE_EVENT_SW_PW_CONTROL_ERROR = 64,
 };
 
+enum ethtool_port_type {
+	ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_MDI,
+	ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_SFP,
+};
+
 enum {
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_UNSPEC,
 	ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX,
@@ -837,6 +842,18 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_A_MSE_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_MSE_CNT - 1)
 };
 
+enum {
+	ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER = 1,
+	ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID,
+	ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_MODES,
+	ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_INTERFACES,
+	ETHTOOL_A_PORT_TYPE,
+	ETHTOOL_A_PORT_OCCUPIED,
+
+	__ETHTOOL_A_PORT_CNT,
+	ETHTOOL_A_PORT_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_PORT_CNT - 1)
+};
+
 enum {
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_NONE = 0,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET = 1,
@@ -890,6 +907,7 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_ACT,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_ACT,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET,
+	ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET,
 
 	__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT - 1)
@@ -951,6 +969,7 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_NTF,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_NTF,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET_REPLY,
+	ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET_REPLY,
 
 	__ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT,
 	ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT - 1)
-- 
2.49.0


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