netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] selftests: net: Add port split test

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Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 18:23:50 +0300
From:   Danielle Ratson <danieller@...lanox.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        jiri@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com, michael.chan@...adcom.com,
        jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, saeedm@...lanox.com, leon@...nel.org,
        snelson@...sando.io, drivers@...sando.io, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] selftests: net: Add port split test

On 5/20/2020 4:53 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, May 20, 2020 at 03:43:40PM CEST, idosch@...sch.org wrote:
>> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 09:33:06PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>>> It's basically the number of lanes
>>> Then why not call it lanes? It makes it clearer how this maps to the
>>> hardware?
>> I'm not against it. We discussed it and decided to go with width. Jiri /
>> Danielle, are you OK with changing to lanes?
> Sure, no problem.


Hi Andrew,


Maximum number of lanes, is the maximum lanes capacity of the port. 

Besides that, there is the number of utilized lanes, which is the number of lanes that are actually used.


In that patch we expose the maximum number of lanes, and in my opinion "width" describes that better, and "lanes" on the other hand, can refer to both.

Thanks