netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: Add indicator field for link_mode validity to link

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Date:   Thu, 4 Mar 2021 14:08:04 -0800
From:   Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>
To:     Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        acardace@...hat.com, irusskikh@...vell.com, gustavo@...eddedor.com,
        magnus.karlsson@...el.com, ecree@...arflare.com,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        mlxsw <mlxsw@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ethtool: Add indicator field for link_mode validity
 to link_ksettings

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 1:13 AM Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com> wrote:

> --- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
> +++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct ethtool_link_ksettings {
>         } link_modes;
>         u32     lanes;
>         enum ethtool_link_mode_bit_indices link_mode;
> +       bool link_mode_valid;
>  };

Why isn't this handled the same way as is done for lanes, with a
cap_link_mode_supported bit in ethtool_ops? This would be more
consistent from a driver API perspective. Then,
linkmodes_prepare_data() can set link_mode to -1 for drivers that
don't claim to supply link_mode.

Regards,
Edwin Peer

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