> From: sk...@marvell.com [mailto:sk...@marvell.com] > Sent: Friday, 6 June 2025 11.28 > > From: Sunil Kumar Kori <sk...@marvell.com> > > Adding link type parameter to provide the type > of port like twisted pair, fibre etc. > > Also added an API to convert the RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_XXX > to a readable string. > > Signed-off-by: Nithin Dabilpuram <ndabilpu...@marvell.com> > Signed-off-by: Sunil Kumar Kori <sk...@marvell.com> > --- > +/**@{@name PORT type > + * Ethernet port type > + */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_NONE 0x00 /**< Not defined */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_TP 0x01 /**< Twisted Pair */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_AUI 0x02 /**< Attachment Unit Interface */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_MII 0x03 /**< Media Independent Interface > */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_FIBRE 0x04 /**< Fibre */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_BNC 0x05 /**< BNC */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_DA 0x06 /**< Direct Attach copper */ > +#define RTE_ETH_LINK_TYPE_OTHER 0x1F /**< Other type */ > +/**@}*/
I don't see the use case for this patch, when only ancient interface types are defined. How about RMII, GMII, RGMII, XGMII, XAUI, XAUI4, CAUI4, SFP, SFP+, SFP28, etc. Please don't blindly port stuff from Linux to DPDK.
