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Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 10:03:02 +0200
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@...tlin.com>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v15 07/14] net: ethtool: Introduce a command to
list PHYs on an interface
Hello Russell,
On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 15:52:12 +0100
"Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
> So, if we want to report the ID of the PHY, then really we need to
> report the clause 22 ID, and at least all the devids of each MMD in
> a clause 45 PHY. Alternatively, we may decide it isn't worth the
> effort of reporting any of these IDs.
>
> However, reporting just the clause 22 ID would be a design error
> IMHO.
I don't have any strong reason to keep exporting the PHY id. Reporting
the driver name is enough to get a good idea of the nature of the
device, I'll drop that field then.
Thanks for taking a look,
Maxime
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