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

[Peter Enderborg]

You have to pay us$4000 to get a ethertype.

On 11/17/25 14:28, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 10:02:05AM +0100, Peter Enderborg wrote:
> > (resend due to html bounce)
> > 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.
> > IEEE is the official source to use for ethertype number assignment.
> What i want to make clear is, if IEEE officially allocate this to
> something else, this is an unofficial allocation, and the official use
> can replace it. We have a few ID like this, and never had a collision
> yet, but it could happen.

This is the public list from IEEE. It wont get more official. Yes, official
allocation can be changed in non backward compatible way. It happen
in 1983 so it can happen again. If the standard changes we need to adopt.

"NOT AN OFFICIALLY REGISTERED ID" is wrong, it is "Infineon Technologies Corporate Research ST".

> 	Andrew