Re: [RFC PATCH v2 net-next 02/15] phy: introduce the PHY_MODE_ETHTOOL mode for phy_set_mode_ext()

From: Vladimir Oltean
Date: Tue Oct 03 2023 - 12:04:41 EST


Hi Florian,

On Mon, Oct 02, 2023 at 12:19:57PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/linux/phy/phy.h b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> > index 6be348f1fa0e..72ef4afcda81 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/phy/phy.h
> > @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ enum phy_mode {
> > PHY_MODE_UFS_HS_B,
> > PHY_MODE_PCIE,
> > PHY_MODE_ETHERNET,
> > + PHY_MODE_ETHTOOL,
>
> Not feeling very comfortable with using ETHTOOL here because that is a Linux
> sub-subsystem name as opposed to the other enumeration values which are
> electrical modes of operation and/or industry standards names.
>
> How about PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_EXPLICIT or PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_LINKMODE?
> --
> Florian
>

I agree with your sentiment. I can rename this to PHY_MODE_ETHERNET_LINKMODE.