Re: [PATCH ethtool 0/2] module_common: adjust the JSON output for per-lane signals

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 30 May 2025 13:35:25 +0200 Michal Kubecek wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 07:20:31AM GMT, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > I got some feedback from users trying to integrate the SFP JSON
> > output to Meta's monitoring systems. The loss / fault signals
> > are currently a bit awkward to parse. This patch set changes
> > the format, is it still okay to merge it (as a fix?)
> > I think it's a worthwhile improvement, not sure how many people
> > depend on the current JSON format after 1 release..  
> 
> It's unfortunate that the format already got into 6.14 but thankfully
> it's been only about six weeks since so hopefully there won't be many
> (or perhaps none if we are lucky).
> 
> I wonder if it would make sense to also release 6.14.1 with the format
> change to make it more apparent for those using 6.14 that the change
> should be backported. SLE16 (and Leap 16.0) is going to be one of the
> distributions with ethtool 6.14 but there I can add the patch myself.

FWIW I'll try to get it backported to Fedora / CentOS too. 
So cutting 6.14.1 may be preferable.