netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3 v9] net: ether: Add support for multiplexing and aggregation type

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2017 17:22:33 -0500
From:   Dan Williams <dcbw@...hat.com>
To:     Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.org>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        fengguang.wu@...el.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        stephen@...workplumber.org, David.Laight@...LAB.COM,
        marcel@...tmann.org, andrew@...n.ch
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3 v9] net: ether: Add support for
 multiplexing and aggregation type

On Thu, 2017-08-24 at 22:39 -0600, Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan
wrote:
> Define the multiplexing and aggregation (MAP) ether type 0x00F9. This
> is needed for receiving data in the MAP protocol like RMNET. This is
> not an officially registered ID.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Subash Abhinov Kasiviswanathan <subashab@...eaurora.or
> g>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h
> b/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h
> index 5bc9bfd..0d73ecc 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_ether.h
> @@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
>  #define ETH_P_IEEE802154 0x00F6		/* IEEE802.15.4 frame
> 		*/
>  #define ETH_P_CAIF	0x00F7		/* ST-Ericsson CAIF
> protocol	*/
>  #define ETH_P_XDSA	0x00F8		/* Multiplexed DSA
> protocol	*/
> +#define ETH_P_MAP	0x00F9		/* Multiplex &
> aggregation proto*/

Any chance you could name this QUALCOMM_MAP or something like that?  Or
at least update the comment to include that fact.

Dan

>  /*
>   *	This is an Ethernet frame header.