Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip link: add sub-command to view and change DSA master

[Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>]

On 9/6/2022 2:17 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Sep 2022 13:33:09 -0700
> Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 9/6/2022 1:05 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>>>> [ Alternative answer: how about "schnauzer"? I always liked how that word sounds. ]
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it is not gender neutral, which i assume is a
>>> requirement?
>>>
>>> Plus the plural is also schnauzer, which would make your current
>>> multiple CPU/schnauzer patches confusing, unless you throw the rule
>>> book out and use English pluralisation.
>>
>> What a nice digression, I had no idea you two mastered German that well
>> :). How about "conduit" or "mgmt_port" or some variant in the same lexicon?
> 
> Is there an IEEE or PCI standard for this? What is used there?

This is not covered by any standard as it is really attaching a managed 
switch to an Ethernet controller and that is product design more than 
anything. Obviously there is a standard for the electrical interfaces, 
but it does not care whether you have a switch, another Ethernet 
controller, an Ethernet PHY or something else entirely.

Vendors refer to "management port" or even "in-band management port" 
though all that the Ethernet controller does is just pass through 
Ethernet frames to manage the switch.
-- 
Florian