From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH net-next v16 08/10] netlink: specs: Add ethernet port listing with ethtool
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 23:21:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902212135.1805948-9-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902212135.1805948-1-maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
Ethernet network interfaces may have more than one front-facing port.
The phy_port infrastructure was introduced to keep track of
these ports, and allow userspace to know about the presence and
capability of these ports. Add a ethnl netlink message to report this
information.
Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
---
Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml | 55 +++++++++++++++++++
Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst | 34 ++++++++++++
.../uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h | 19 +++++++
3 files changed, 108 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
index 5dd4d1b5d94b..35e028c0be29 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/ethtool.yaml
@@ -210,6 +210,11 @@ definitions:
-
name: discard
value: 31
+ -
+ name: port-type
+ doc: type of physical connector
+ type: enum
+ entries: [mdi, sfp]
attribute-sets:
-
@@ -1905,6 +1910,32 @@ attribute-sets:
name: link
type: nest
nested-attributes: mse-snapshot
+ -
+ name: port
+ attr-cnt-name: --ethtool-a-port-cnt
+ attributes:
+ -
+ name: header
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: header
+ -
+ name: id
+ type: u32
+ -
+ name: supported-modes
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: bitset
+ -
+ name: supported-interfaces
+ type: nest
+ nested-attributes: bitset
+ -
+ name: type
+ type: u32
+ enum: port-type
+ -
+ name: upstream-port
+ type: u32
operations:
enum-model: directional
@@ -2859,6 +2890,30 @@ operations:
- worst-channel
- link
dump: *mse-get-op
+ -
+ name: port-get
+ doc: Get ports attached to an interface
+
+ attribute-set: port
+
+ do:
+ request:
+ attributes:
+ - header
+ - id
+ reply: &port-get-op-reply
+ attributes:
+ - header
+ - id
+ - supported-modes
+ - supported-interfaces
+ - type
+ - upstream-port
+ dump:
+ request:
+ attributes:
+ - header
+ reply: *port-get-op-reply
mcast-groups:
list:
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index e92abf45faf5..b4326c89b075 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -2537,6 +2537,39 @@ Within each channel nest, only the metrics supported by the PHY will be present.
See ``struct phy_mse_snapshot`` kernel documentation in
``include/linux/phy.h``.
+PORT_GET
+========
+
+Retrieve information about the physical connection points of a network device,
+referred to as "ports". User needs to specify a PORT_ID for the DO operation,
+in which case the DO request returns information about that specific port.
+
+As there can be more than one port, the DUMP operation can be used to list the
+ports present on a given interface, by passing an interface index or name in
+the dump request.
+
+Request contents:
+
+ ===================================== ====== ===============================
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER`` nested request header
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID`` u32 port id
+ ===================================== ====== ===============================
+
+Kernel response contents:
+
+ ======================================= ====== =============================
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER`` nested request header
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID`` u32 the port's unique identifier,
+ per netdevice.
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_MODES`` bitset bitset of supported linkmodes
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_INTERFACES`` bitset bitset of supported MII
+ interfaces
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_TYPE`` u32 the port type
+ ``ETHTOOL_A_PORT_UPSTREAM_PORT`` u32 If any, the index of the MII
+ port that feeds into this
+ port.
+ ======================================= ====== =============================
+
Request translation
===================
@@ -2647,4 +2680,5 @@ are netlink only.
n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PHY_GET``
``SIOCGHWTSTAMP`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_GET``
``SIOCSHWTSTAMP`` ``ETHTOOL_MSG_TSCONFIG_SET``
+ n/a ``ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET``
=================================== =====================================
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h
index 8134baf7860f..f9d8794eabc1 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink_generated.h
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ enum ethtool_pse_event {
ETHTOOL_PSE_EVENT_SW_PW_CONTROL_ERROR = 64,
};
+enum ethtool_port_type {
+ ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_MDI,
+ ETHTOOL_PORT_TYPE_SFP,
+};
+
enum {
ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_UNSPEC,
ETHTOOL_A_HEADER_DEV_INDEX,
@@ -840,6 +845,18 @@ enum {
ETHTOOL_A_MSE_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_MSE_CNT - 1)
};
+enum {
+ ETHTOOL_A_PORT_HEADER = 1,
+ ETHTOOL_A_PORT_ID,
+ ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_MODES,
+ ETHTOOL_A_PORT_SUPPORTED_INTERFACES,
+ ETHTOOL_A_PORT_TYPE,
+ ETHTOOL_A_PORT_UPSTREAM_PORT,
+
+ __ETHTOOL_A_PORT_CNT,
+ ETHTOOL_A_PORT_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_PORT_CNT - 1)
+};
+
enum {
ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_NONE = 0,
ETHTOOL_MSG_STRSET_GET = 1,
@@ -893,6 +910,7 @@ enum {
ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_ACT,
ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_ACT,
ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET,
+ ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET,
__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT,
ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_MSG_USER_CNT - 1)
@@ -954,6 +972,7 @@ enum {
ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_CREATE_NTF,
ETHTOOL_MSG_RSS_DELETE_NTF,
ETHTOOL_MSG_MSE_GET_REPLY,
+ ETHTOOL_MSG_PORT_GET_REPLY,
__ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT,
ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_MSG_KERNEL_CNT - 1)
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 21:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-02 21:21 [PATCH net-next v16 00/10] net: phy_port: SFP modules representation and phy_port listing Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 01/10] net: phy: phy_link_topology: Add a helper for opportunistic alloc Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 02/10] net: phy: phy_link_topology: Track ports in phy_link_topology Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 03/10] net: phylink: Register a phy_port for MAC-driven SFP cages Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 04/10] net: phy: Create SFP phy_port before registering upstream Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 05/10] net: phy: Represent PHY-less SFP modules with phy_port Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 06/10] net: phy: phy_port: Store information about a port's upstream Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 07/10] net: phy: phy_link_topology: Add a helper to retrieve ports Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` Maxime Chevallier [this message]
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 09/10] net: ethtool: Introduce ethtool command to list ports Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-02 21:21 ` [PATCH net-next v16 10/10] Documentation: networking: Update the phy_port infrastructure description Maxime Chevallier
2026-09-05 20:30 ` [PATCH net-next v16 00/10] net: phy_port: SFP modules representation and phy_port listing Jakub Kicinski
2026-09-05 21:41 ` Maxime Chevallier
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