netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 02/15] phy: introduce the PHY_MODE_ETHTOOL mode for phy_set_mode

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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2023 19:04:30 +0300
From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-phy@...ts.infradead.org,
	"Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>,
	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Madalin Bucur <madalin.bucur@....com>,
	Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>,
	Camelia Groza <camelia.groza@....com>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
	Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
	Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>,
	Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@...o.com>,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>,
	Vinod Koul <vkoul@...nel.org>,
	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 02/15] phy: introduce the
 PHY_MODE_ETHTOOL mode for phy_set_mode_ext()

Hi Florian,

On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 12:19:57PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> > index 6be348f1fa0e..72ef4afcda81 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> > @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum phy_mode {
> >   	PHY_MODE_UFS_HS_B,
> >   	PHY_MODE_PCIE,
> >   	PHY_MODE_ETHERNET,
> > +	PHY_MODE_ETHTOOL,
> 
> Not feeling very comfortable with using ETHTOOL here because that is a Linux
> sub-subsystem name as opposed to the other enumeration values which are
> electrical modes of operation and/or industry standards names.
> 
> How about PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_EXPLICIT or PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_LINKMODE?
> -- 
> Florian
>

I agree with your sentiment. I can rename this to PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_LINKMODE.