netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: mana: Add get_link and get_link

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Message-ID: <20240913202347.2b74f75e@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:23:47 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <ernis@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc: kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, wei.liu@...nel.org,
 decui@...rosoft.com, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, shradhagupta@...ux.microsoft.com, ahmed.zaki@...el.com,
 colin.i.king@...il.com, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: mana: Add get_link and get_link_ksettings in
 ethtool

On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:44:43 -0700 Erni Sri Satya Vennela wrote:
> Add support for the ethtool get_link and get_link_ksettings
> operations. Display standard port information using ethtool.

Any reason why? Sometimes people add this callback for virtual
devices to expose some approximate speed, but you're not reporting
speed, so I'm curious.

> +static int mana_get_link_ksettings(struct net_device *ndev,
> +				   struct ethtool_link_ksettings *cmd)
> +{
> +	cmd->base.duplex = DUPLEX_FULL;

make sense

> +	cmd->base.autoneg = AUTONEG_ENABLE;

what's the point of autoneg if we show no link info?
DISABLE seems more suitable

> +	cmd->base.port = PORT_DA;

Any reason why DA? I'd think PORT_OTHER may be better?
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