netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ethtool: add PHY Fast Link Down support

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Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:48:45 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Cc:     Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ethtool: add PHY Fast Link Down support

> Not to confuse Dave with the discussion:
> This is not about whether the patch is wrong or right, but about how
> a future architecture based on ethtool-nl could look like.
> 
> Like Michael said, based on the current ethtool architecture it's simple:
> Driver will choose closest supported value. When reading back the setting
> you will get the exact value chosen by the driver.

Hi Heiner

Yes, i read you actual patch later.

Rounding down to the nearest seems sensible. When you write the man
page patch for ethtool, please document this.

     Andrew