Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/7] net: phy: introduce phy numbering and phy namespaces

[Florian Fainelli]

On 9/12/23 09:10, Maxime Chevallier wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:41:31 +0200
> Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > Introduce a numbering scheme allowing to enumerate PHY devices that
> > > belong to any netdev, which can in turn allow userspace to take more
> > > precise decisions with regard to each PHY's configuration.
> >
> > A minor point, and i know naming is hard, but i keep reading _ns_ and
> > think namespace, as in ip netns. Maybe we should think of something
> > other than ns.
>
> Yeah that was the initial idea, to imply that the numering is
> independent between netdevices... I thought about "phy_list", "phys",
> "phy_devices" but none of that felt correct :(

How about phy_devices_list?
--
Florian