netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: pcs: xpcs: add specific vendor supoprt for Wangxun 10Gb NICs

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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 22:41:51 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Jiawen Wu <jiawenwu@...stnetic.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, hkallweit1@...il.com, Jose.Abreu@...opsys.com,
	mengyuanlou@...-swift.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: pcs: xpcs: add specific vendor
 supoprt for Wangxun 10Gb NICs

> > > If the answer to that is yes, it would be preferable to use that
> > > rather than adding a bitarray of flags to indicate various "quirks".
> > 
> > It has not been implemented yet. We could implement it in flash if it's wanted.
> > But it would require upgrading to the new firmware.
> 
> Andrew, do you any opinions? Do you think it would be a good idea to
> use the device/package identifiers, rather than a bitfield of quirks?

Using identifiers would be cleaner.

Does trustnetic or net-swift have an OUI?

     Andrew