netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: devlink: Add unused port flavour

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Message-ID: <20200928143155.4b12419d@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:31:55 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: devlink: Add unused port flavour

On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 23:06:26 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> Not all ports of a switch need to be used, particularly in embedded
> systems. Add a port flavour for ports which physically exist in the
> switch, but are not connected to the front panel etc, and so are
> unused.

This is missing the explanation of why reporting such ports makes sense.