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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>,
	Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] devlink: Add new "allow_fw_live_reset" generic device parameter.
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2020 08:28:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200602062815.GS2282@nanopsycho> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200601144436.75bab03f@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN.hsd1.ca.comcast.net>

Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 11:44:36PM CEST, kuba@kernel.org wrote:
>On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 08:39:18 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> > If the permanent (NVRAM) parameter is true, all loaded new drivers
>> > will indicate support for this feature and set the runtime value to
>> > true by default.  The runtime value would not be true if any loaded
>> > driver is too old or has set the runtime value to false.  
>> 
>> This is a bit odd. It is a configuration, not an indication. When you
>> want to indicate what you support something, I think it should be done
>> in a different place. I think that "devlink dev info" is the place to
>> put it, I think that we need "capabilities" there.
>

First of all, I think we cleared that up, params are not used like that
in this patchset.


>Could you explain the need for "capabilities" under dev info?
>
>I don't like catch-all mechanisms in principle. Better if capabilities
>are expressed by the API dedicated to configuration of a given feature.

I see. That makes sense. I was thinking about that, some capabilities
are per port. I think that a simple attribute would do.

>
>In this particular example the ability to do live reset is clearly
>expressed by the presence of the parameter (as implemented by this set).
>

  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-02  6:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-23  6:08 [PATCH v2 net-next 0/4] bnxt_en: Add new "allow_fw_live_reset" generic devlink parameter Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-23  6:08 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 1/4] devlink: Add new "allow_fw_live_reset" generic device parameter Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-24  4:53   ` Jiri Pirko
2020-05-24  6:29     ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-25 17:26       ` Jiri Pirko
2020-05-26  4:28         ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-26  4:47           ` Jiri Pirko
2020-05-26  6:42             ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-26 13:40               ` Jiri Pirko
2020-05-26 14:23                 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-27  3:37                   ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-27 20:14                     ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-27 20:57                       ` Michael Chan
2020-05-27 21:16                         ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-28  1:50                           ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-28 19:05                             ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-05-29 14:29                               ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01  6:40                           ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01  6:39                         ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01  8:50                           ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01  9:49                             ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01  9:57                               ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 10:05                                 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01 21:44                           ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-06-02  6:28                             ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2020-06-01  7:18                   ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01  8:53                     ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01  9:50                       ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01  9:59                         ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 10:05                           ` Jiri Pirko
2020-05-23  6:08 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 2/4] bnxt_en: Update firmware spec. to 1.10.1.40 Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-23  6:08 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 3/4] bnxt_en: Use allow_fw_live_reset generic devlink parameter Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-23  6:08 ` [PATCH v2 net-next 4/4] bnxt_en: Check if fw_live_reset is allowed before doing ETHTOOL_RESET Vasundhara Volam

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