netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: atlantic: phy tunables from mac driver

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Message-ID: <20200929184723.GE3996795@lunn.ch>
Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:47:23 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Igor Russkikh <irusskikh@...vell.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] net: atlantic: phy tunables from mac driver

> Do you mean report supported range via extack?

Yes.

811ac400ea33 ("net: phy: dp83869: Add speed optimization feature")

was merged recently. It has:

+       default:
+               phydev_err(phydev,
+                          "Downshift count must be 1, 2, 4 or 8\n");
+               return -EINVAL;

and there are more examples in PHY drivers where it would be good to
tell the uses what the valid values are. I guess most won't see this
kernel message, but if netlink ethtool printed:

Invalid Argument: Downshift count must be 1, 2, 4 or 8

it would be a lot more user friendly.

   Andrew