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From: Siddaraju DH <siddaraju.dh@intel.com>
To: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>,
	kuba@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Shubham Das <Shubham.Das@intel.com>,
	Balaji Chintalapalle <balaji.chintalapalle@intel.com>,
	Vijay Srinivasan <vijay.srinivasan@intel.com>,
	Magnus Lindberg <magnus.k.lindberg@ericsson.com>,
	Niklas Damberg <niklas.damberg@ericsson.com>,
	Jonas Wirandi <jonas.wirandi@ericsson.com>,
	Siddaraju DH <siddarajudh@gmail.com>,
	Siddaraju DH <siddaraju.dh@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next] ethtool: link 10000baseCR to SFF-8431, Appendix-E SFP+ DA
Date: Fri,  3 Jul 2026 15:35:37 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260703100537.1109838-1-siddaraju.dh@intel.com> (raw)

Add comment to clarify the physical media 10000baseCR follows.

10000baseCR does not correspond to any IEEE 802.3 *base-CR PMD.
It has no autonegotiation, no link training, and no mandatory FEC.
The industry standard for this media type is SFF-8431 Appendix-E
Direct Attach cable, also known as 10G_SFI_DA.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/SN7PR11MB69003D33489DB1D6B17EF72A9AF52@SN7PR11MB6900.namprd11.prod.outlook.com

Signed-off-by: Siddaraju DH <siddaraju.dh@intel.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index a2091d4e00f3..986d70caec33 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -2013,7 +2013,13 @@ enum ethtool_link_mode_bit_indices {
 	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_100000baseLR4_ER4_Full_BIT	= 39,
 	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_50000baseSR2_Full_BIT		= 40,
 	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_1000baseX_Full_BIT	= 41,
+
+	/* Despite the "baseCR" in 10000baseCR, this is not an IEEE 802.3 baseCR
+	 * It represents SFF-8431 Appendix-E SFP+ Direct Attach (10G-SFI-DA).
+	 * The name is kept as-is for uAPI backward compatibility.
+	 */
 	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_10000baseCR_Full_BIT	= 42,
+
 	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_10000baseSR_Full_BIT	= 43,
 	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_10000baseLR_Full_BIT	= 44,
 	ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_10000baseLRM_Full_BIT	= 45,
-- 
2.25.1


             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-03 10:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-03 10:05 Siddaraju DH [this message]
2026-07-03 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 net-next] ethtool: link 10000baseCR to SFF-8431, Appendix-E SFP+ DA Maxime Chevallier

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