From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, sdf@google.com, jacob.e.keller@intel.com,
vadfed@fb.com, johannes@sipsolutions.net, jiri@resnulli.us,
dsahern@kernel.org, fw@strlen.de, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 0/4] ynl: YAML netlink protocol descriptions
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 08:01:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220811080152.2dbd82c2@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220810214701.46565016@kernel.org>
On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:47:01 -0700
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:15:34 -0700 Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > Would rather this be part of iproute2 rather than requiring it
> > to be maintained separately and part of the kernel tree.
>
> I don't understand what you're trying to say. What is "this",
> what is "separate" from what?
I am saying that ynl could live as a standalone project or as
part of the iproute2 tools collection.
>
> Did I fall victim of the "if the cover letter is too long nobody
> actually reads it" problem? Or am I simply too tired to parse?
>
> iproute2 is welcome to use the protocol descriptions like any other
> user space, but I'm intending to codegen kernel code based on the YAML:
Ok, that makes sense then. I was hoping that user configuration
of network devices could be done with YAML. But probably that is
best left networkd, netplan, and others.
> >> On the kernel side the YAML spec can be used to generate:
> >> - the C uAPI header
> >> - documentation of the protocol as a ReST file
> >> - policy tables for input attribute validation
> >> - operation tables
>
> So how can it not be in the kernel tree?
As code generator then sure.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-11 15:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-11 2:23 [RFC net-next 0/4] ynl: YAML netlink protocol descriptions Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 2:23 ` [RFC net-next 1/4] ynl: add intro docs for the concept Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 20:17 ` Edward Cree
2022-08-12 22:23 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-15 20:09 ` Johannes Berg
2022-08-16 0:32 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-16 7:07 ` Johannes Berg
2022-08-11 2:23 ` [RFC net-next 2/4] ynl: add the schema for the schemas Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-15 20:03 ` Johannes Berg
2022-08-15 20:09 ` Johannes Berg
2022-08-16 0:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-16 7:21 ` Johannes Berg
2022-08-16 15:53 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-16 19:30 ` Johannes Berg
2022-09-26 16:10 ` Rob Herring
2022-09-27 21:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-09-28 12:32 ` Rob Herring
2022-08-11 2:23 ` [RFC net-next 3/4] ynl: add a sample python library Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 5:48 ` Benjamin Poirier
2022-08-11 15:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 20:09 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-08-12 22:53 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-15 20:00 ` Johannes Berg
2022-08-12 1:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-08-12 15:42 ` Edward Cree
2022-08-12 23:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-18 21:26 ` Keller, Jacob E
2022-08-11 2:23 ` [RFC net-next 4/4] ynl: add a sample user for ethtool Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 16:18 ` sdf
2022-08-11 19:35 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 22:55 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-08-11 23:31 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-12 16:26 ` Stanislav Fomichev
2022-08-12 22:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-14 12:27 ` Ido Schimmel
2022-08-11 4:15 ` [RFC net-next 0/4] ynl: YAML netlink protocol descriptions Stephen Hemminger
2022-08-11 4:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 15:01 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2022-08-11 15:34 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-11 16:28 ` sdf
2022-08-11 19:42 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-12 17:00 ` Florian Fainelli
2022-08-12 22:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-08-19 19:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
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