From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vps0.lunn.ch (vps0.lunn.ch [156.67.10.101]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0B0CE330324; Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:29:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1763386146; cv=none; b=sQHeKa/qhWyyKFcEhpBzrScsHkS2V+X3drniQAtycoaN6lHygwPDkyiHAUBbhTcozISz8uoqh/5kJtbCKDcIeIUE5c/Y4TSv0jMZajHWvIgSY6NYfC1v4a3cLkjkci4c/qLpNuY3057jfNv22ZGNo/X3KpjUjO13th6tIg+sGNs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1763386146; c=relaxed/simple; bh=r0mT2qQ0b3k2TZklBcbxQxGJldXI7F0tS8ZouuXPOBM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=u9IXSb+G5w9VeqJ7OvlP1IhzEDsU9eRs8kxW8FTxEW4fl3alKFLshR5aWXOn8krFBNmRwk3Wd+zp/lOsxUNdT87YBUNtZny6yqL7nTqKyRFvSF0A+OFg9ITvuTQelkJrQqYNjokdKND2fF+r0+BksmrfNiq0gJPzHq+G7ds+ADg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b=bUMGmjsw; arc=none smtp.client-ip=156.67.10.101 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lunn.ch Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=lunn.ch header.i=@lunn.ch header.b="bUMGmjsw" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lunn.ch; s=20171124; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Disposition:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:From:Sender:Reply-To:Subject: Date:Message-ID:To:Cc:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To:References; bh=A86QsamHKtu4PAbqkMwXXYKtkpb5hxUQyesNI8ffJ3o=; b=bUMGmjswKa3gjoXHxI8k8cBNqA UPNpzgkBrLzcyaXKTWAXWNQe1VJzr6yX1qs4tM32ea1CvdkD96wYMEpwXphCugDIZtwTYdKdD13It A1C9iZvPAUB+P2IhxZJ1cqNwGocWzEV/YYCeumvLnG8vDuabIBNmNzCCuSqrPCUPum+8=; Received: from andrew by vps0.lunn.ch with local (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1vKzHr-00EF8b-36; Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:28:55 +0100 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:28:55 +0100 From: Andrew Lunn To: Peter Enderborg Cc: Andrew Lunn , "David S . Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Daniel Golle , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH for net-next] if_ether.h: Clarify ethertype validity for gsw1xx dsa Message-ID: <7000f777-d082-4b06-88dd-67f947c85d2a@lunn.ch> References: <20251114135935.2710873-1-peterend@axis.com> <3feaff7a-fcec-49d9-a738-fa2e00439b28@lunn.ch> <5a7f0105-801d-41d9-850c-03783d76f3e1@axis.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5a7f0105-801d-41d9-850c-03783d76f3e1@axis.com> On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 10:02:05AM +0100, Peter Enderborg wrote: > (resend due to html bounce) > On 11/15/25 21:41, Andrew Lunn wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 02:59:36PM +0100, Peter Enderborg wrote: > > > Ref https://standards-oui.ieee.org/ethertype/eth.txt > > > > > > > > Is this actually registered with IANA? > > No. > > > https://www.iana.org/assignments/ieee-802-numbers/ieee-802-numbers.xhtml > > > > Does not list it. Please keep the "NOT AN OFFICIALLY REGISTERED ID" if > > it is not. > IEEE is the official source to use for ethertype number assignment. What i want to make clear is, if IEEE officially allocate this to something else, this is an unofficial allocation, and the official use can replace it. We have a few ID like this, and never had a collision yet, but it could happen. Andrew