Tue, May 26, 2026 at 11:34:12AM +0200, [email protected] wrote: >Add DPLL_TYPE_GENERIC to represent DPLL devices which do not fit the >existing PPS or EEC classes. > >The UAPI type is intentionally generic. During netdev discussion, >maintainers pointed out that introducing identifiers tied to a specific >placement or single design does not scale across ASICs and vendors. >The role of a DPLL is already inferable from the spawning driver, >bus device, and pin topology, without encoding additional >purpose-specific taxonomy in the type name. > >Using a generic type keeps the UAPI extensible and avoids premature >naming that may become incorrect as new hardware topologies are >exposed through the DPLL subsystem. > >Expose the new type through UAPI and netlink specification as "generic". > >Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]> >Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Nitka <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <[email protected]>
