Re: [PATCH net-next 02/11] ethtool: Add loopback netlink UAPI definitions

[Andrew Lunn]

> I like this. The nice thing is that since "name" is a string, we're not
> locked into an enum -- drivers report what they have using 802.3
> vocabulary, and we document the recommended names (pcs, pma, pmd, mii)
> with references? That way it's unambiguous, but not too constrained.

It is both good and bad. I expect some vendors will just ignore the
text and use what their data sheet says, because they don't know
better. An enum forces more consistency.

https://gist.github.com/mjball/9cd028ac793ae8b351df1379f1e721f9

enum gets you around level 9. string around level 3.

	Andrew