netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 00/12] devlink: introduce port flavours and common phys_port

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Date:   Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:05:24 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 00/12] devlink: introduce port flavours and
 common phys_port_name generation



On 24/03/2018 12:00, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>>>>>>>> root@...-devel-b:~# ./iproute2/devlink/devlink port 
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.1:00/0: type eth netdev lan0 flavour physical number 0
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.1:00/1: type eth netdev lan1 flavour physical number 1
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.1:00/2: type eth netdev lan2 flavour physical number 2
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.1:00/3: type notset
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.1:00/4: type notset
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.1:00/5: type notset flavour dsa number 5
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.1:00/6: type notset flavour cpu number 6
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.2:00/0: type eth netdev lan3 flavour physical number 0
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.2:00/1: type eth netdev lan4 flavour physical number 1
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.2:00/2: type eth netdev lan5 flavour physical number 2
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.2:00/3: type notset
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.2:00/4: type notset
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.2:00/5: type notset flavour dsa number 5
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.2:00/6: type notset flavour dsa number 6
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.4:00/0: type eth netdev lan6 flavour physical number 0
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.4:00/1: type eth netdev lan7 flavour physical number 1
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.4:00/2: type eth netdev lan8 flavour physical number 2
>>>>>>>>> mdio_bus/0.4:00/3: type eth netdev optical3 flavour physical
> 
>>> What is an appropriate attribute to use to return the physical port number within a given switch?
>>
>> I don't think there's one out there. I tried to add it in this patchset.
> 
> Florian, do you need it to be unique per switch, or DSA cluster. The
> current solution is clearly not unique across a cluster.

It needs to be unique per switch, we have the switch identifier through
phys_switch_id for higher level "uniqueness".
-- 
Florian