netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/7] net: phy: introduce phy numbering and phy namespaces

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Message-ID: <d0a4c2c5-2d2b-42b6-a15c-06f9dc3c1e04@lunn.ch>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:41:31 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
	Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
	Oleksij Rempel <linux@...pel-privat.de>,
	Nicolò Veronese <nicveronese@...il.com>,
	thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
	Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/7] net: phy: introduce phy numbering and
 phy namespaces

> Introduce a numbering scheme allowing to enumerate PHY devices that
> belong to any netdev, which can in turn allow userspace to take more
> precise decisions with regard to each PHY's configuration.

A minor point, and i know naming is hard, but i keep reading _ns_ and
think namespace, as in ip netns. Maybe we should think of something
other than ns.

      Andrew