netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 0/6] Add support for 25G, 50G, and 100G to fbnic

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Message-ID: <20250616103327.GC750234@unreal>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:33:27 +0300
From: Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	hkallweit1@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, pabeni@...hat.com,
	kuba@...nel.org, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 0/6] Add support for 25G, 50G, and 100G to fbnic

On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 11:43:58PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 07:00:24PM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > Excellent, like you said, no one needs this code except fbnic, which is
> > exactly as was agreed - no core in/out API changes special for fbnic.
> 
> Rather than getting all religious about this, I'd prefer to ask a
> different question.
> 
> Is it useful to add 50GBASER, LAUI and 100GBASEP PHY interface modes,
> and would anyone else use them? That's the real question here, and
> *not* whomever is submitting the patches or who is the first user.

Right now, the answer is no. There are no available devices in the
market which implement it.

Thanks