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Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2023 18:10:10 +0200
From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 1/7] net: phy: introduce phy numbering and
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Hello,

On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:41:31 +0200
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:

> > Introduce a numbering scheme allowing to enumerate PHY devices that
> > belong to any netdev, which can in turn allow userspace to take more
> > precise decisions with regard to each PHY's configuration.  
> 
> A minor point, and i know naming is hard, but i keep reading _ns_ and
> think namespace, as in ip netns. Maybe we should think of something
> other than ns.

Yeah that was the initial idea, to imply that the numering is
independent between netdevices... I thought about "phy_list", "phys",
"phy_devices" but none of that felt correct :(

Any idea here would be welcome :D

Maxime

>       Andrew