Re: [PATCH for net-next] if_ether.h: Clarify ethertype validity for gsw1xx dsa

[Peter Enderborg]

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On 11/15/25 21:41, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 02:59:36PM +0100, Peter Enderborg wrote:
> > Ref https://standards-oui.ieee.org/ethertype/eth.txt
> Is this actually registered with IANA?

No.

> https://www.iana.org/assignments/ieee-802-numbers/ieee-802-numbers.xhtml
>
> Does not list it. Please keep the "NOT AN OFFICIALLY REGISTERED ID" if
> it is not.

Let med quote  text from your link.

Note

   This page has assignments under the control of the IEEE
   Registration Authority that are of primarily historic interest
   that and have traditionally been on the IANA web pages.
   For allocations under the IANA OUI [RFC9542 <https://www.iana.org/go/rfc9542>], see the "Ethernet
   Numbers" IANA web page.  Contact information for the IEEE
   Registration Authority is as follows:http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth

Ethertypes:

Registration Procedure(s)

   Not assigned by IANA. Per [RFC9542 <https://www.iana.org/go/rfc9542>], updates to this registry
   are coordinated with the expert.

Note

   The following list of Ethertypes is contributed unverified
   information from various sources.  See the IEEE Registration
   Authority web pages at [http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth]
   for a public list of Ethertypes.

   Another list of Ethertypes is maintained by Michael A. Patton
   and is accessible at:http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/index.html
        

> 	Andrew

IEEE is the official source to use for ethertype number assignment.

/Peter