netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] qed*: SmartAN query support

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Message-ID: <20190207115405.02563e74@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 Feb 2019 11:54:05 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <skalluru@...vell.com>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <aelior@...vell.com>, <mkalderon@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] qed*: SmartAN query support

On Thu, 7 Feb 2019 06:20:10 -0800, Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru wrote:
> SmartAN feature detects the peer/cable capabilities and establishes the
> link in the best possible configuration.

It sounds familiar, I need to check with FW team, but I think we may be
doing a similar thing, and adding a common API rather than ethtool flag
would be preferable.

Could you please share a little bit more detail?  What are the
configurations this would choose between?