Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/1] Documentation: networking: expand and clarify EEE_GET/EEE_SET documentation
From: Oleksij Rempel
Date: Mon May 05 2025 - 03:50:36 EST
On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 12:06:45PM +0100, Russell King (Oracle) wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2025 at 10:46:02AM +0200, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > On 4/27/25 3:40 PM, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > > Improve the documentation for ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_GET and ETHTOOL_MSG_EEE_SET
> > > to provide accurate descriptions of all netlink attributes involved.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > This looks like an almost complete rewrite WRT v1, a changelog would
> > have helped reviewing. I'm unsure if it captures all the feedback from
> > Russell,
>
> Indeed, because I'm still of the opinion that we shouldn't be trying to
> document the same thing in two different places, but differently, which
> will only add confusion, and over time the two descriptions will diverge
> making the problem harder.
>
> We need to document this in exactly one place, not two places.
>
> So please, choose one of:
>
> * Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/ethernet-phy.yaml
> * Documentation/networking/phy.rst
>
> and reference one from the other, if necessary improving the
> documentation.
>
> Given that phylib is not a DT thing, I believe it should not be
> documented in the DT bindings, but people directed to the phylib
> documentation (the second) for the clarification of our implementation.
Ok, I see - I wrongly interpreted previous mail. phy.rst - is a good
option. It should replace (extend) documentation in:
Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
Are there any other missing documentation artifacts which should be
replaced?
Best Regards,
Oleksij
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