netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/9] devlink: Add a new devlink port lanes attribute and pass to netlink

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jul 2020 11:54:03 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        michael.chan@...adcom.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, leon@...nel.org, jiri@...lanox.com,
        snelson@...sando.io, andrew@...n.ch, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, danieller@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/9] devlink: Add a new devlink port lanes
 attribute and pass to netlink

On Wed,  1 Jul 2020 17:32:47 +0300 Ido Schimmel wrote:
> diff --git a/include/net/devlink.h b/include/net/devlink.h
> index 8f9db991192d..91752b79bb29 100644
> --- a/include/net/devlink.h
> +++ b/include/net/devlink.h
> @@ -68,10 +68,13 @@ struct devlink_port_pci_vf_attrs {
>   * struct devlink_port_attrs - devlink port object
>   * @flavour: flavour of the port
>   * @split: indicates if this is split port
> + * @lanes: maximum number of lanes the port supports.
> + *	   0 value is not passed to netlink and valid number is a power of 2.

Why power of two? what about 100G R10?

>   * @switch_id: if the port is part of switch, this is buffer with ID, otherwise this is NULL
>   */
>  struct devlink_port_attrs {
>  	u8 split:1;
> +	u32 lanes;
>  	enum devlink_port_flavour flavour;
>  	struct netdev_phys_item_id switch_id;
>  	union {