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> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2024 11:24 PM
> To: Erni Sri Satya Vennela <ernis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: KY Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Haiyang Zhang
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> 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.
Speed info isn't available from the HW yet. But we are requesting
that from HW team. For now, we just add some minimal info, like
duplex, etc.
>
> > +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
We don't have strong opinion on this one.
@Vennela, you may remove the 3 items related to autoneg.
>
> > + cmd->base.port = PORT_DA;
>
> Any reason why DA? I'd think PORT_OTHER may be better?
I'm OK with PORT_OTHER too :)
Thanks,
- Haiyang
