Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: devlink: Add unused port flavour

Jakub Kicinski
2020-09-28T21:31:59Z

On Sat, 26 Sep 2020 23:06:26 +0200 Andrew Lunn wrote:
> Not all ports of a switch need to be used, particularly in embedded
> systems. Add a port flavour for ports which physically exist in the
> switch, but are not connected to the front panel etc, and so are
> unused.

This is missing the explanation of why reporting such ports makes sense.