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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 20:41:57 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Khang Nguyen <khangng@os.amperecomputing.com>
Cc: Jeremy Kerr <jk@codeconstruct.com.au>, Matt Johnston
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mctp: Expose transport binding identifier
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On Tue,  5 Nov 2024 14:19:15 +0700 Khang Nguyen wrote:
> However, we currently have no means to get this information from MCTP
> links.

I'm not opposed to the netlink attribute, but to be clear this info 
is indirectly available in sysfs, right? We link the netdev to 
the parent device so the type of /sys/class/net/$your_ifc/device
should reveal what the transport is?