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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
index 85c412c23ab5..60801df9d8c0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -2219,4 +2219,20 @@ struct ethtool_link_settings {
* __u32 map_lp_advertising[link_mode_masks_nwords];
*/
};
+
+/**
+ * enum phy_upstream - Represents the upstream component a given PHY device
+ * is connected to, as in what is on the other end of the MII bus. Most PHYs
+ * will be attached to an Ethernet MAC controller, but in some cases, there's
+ * an intermediate PHY used as a media-converter, which will driver another
+ * MII interface as its output.
+ * @PHY_UPSTREAM_MAC: Upstream component is a MAC (a switch port,
+ * or ethernet controller)
+ * @PHY_UPSTREAM_PHY: Upstream component is a PHY (likely a media converter)
+ */
+enum phy_upstream {
+ PHY_UPSTREAM_MAC,
+ PHY_UPSTREAM_PHY,
+};
+
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_ETHTOOL_H */