netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/7] bnxt_en: Fix active FEC reporting to ethtool

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Date:   Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:06:24 -0800
From:   Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Gospodarek <gospo@...adcom.com>,
        Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/7] bnxt_en: Fix active FEC reporting to ethtool

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 11:23 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 04:05:47 -0500 Michael Chan wrote:
> > From: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@...adcom.com>
> >
> > ethtool --show-fec <interface> does not show anything when the Active
> > FEC setting in the chip is set to None.  Fix it to properly return
> > ETHTOOL_FEC_OFF in that case.
>
> Just to be clear - this means:
>  - the chip supports FEC but None is selected? Or
>  - the chip does not support FEC?

This patch is only changing the reporting of the active FEC setting to
be ETHTOOL_FEC_OFF if firmware determines the negotiated or actual FEC
setting to be None.  It is not changing the reporting of the chip's
FEC capability or the user's selected FEC setting.

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