netdev - Re: [PATCH iwl-net v2] ice: Add support for devlink loopback param.

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Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 12:16:58 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@...el.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
 jiri@...nulli.us
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-net v2] ice: Add support for devlink loopback param.

On Tue, 28 May 2024 13:01:32 +0200 Wojciech Drewek wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH iwl-net v2] ice: Add support for devlink loopback param.

iwl-next, presumably

Param makes sense, although the name keeps giving me pause.
I expect "loopback" will control either port loopback or something 
like hairpin. Would "local-forwarding" not be a better name?
Not a big deal, I guess.

> +        ``enabled`` - loopback traffic is not allowed on port
> +
> +        ``disabled`` - loopback traffic is allowed on this port

The meaning seems inverted?