Messages in this thread | | | From | <> | Subject | RE: [RFC net-next 4/5] net: phy: Add support for IEEE standard test modes | Date | Mon, 7 May 2018 00:02:25 +0000 |
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Hi Florian,
> Well, the way the code is structure is that if you call that function > with a test mode value that is not part of the standard set, it returns > -EOPNOTSUPP, so if your particular PHY driver wants to "overlay" > standard and non-standard modes, it can by using that hint. > > This should work even if we have more standard test modes in the future > because the test modes are dynamically fetched by user-space using the > ETH_GSTRINGS ioctl(). > > Does that cover what you had in mind? Basically, agree on your explanation.
My idea was making genphy_set_test() more expandable for other test modes because it would be a good place to add more standard test modes later.
No problem to keep current codes.
Thanks. Woojung
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