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From: Hariprasad S <hariprasad@chelsio.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/5] cxgb4: add dcb info node in debugfs
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:11:32 +0530
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 09:33:22 +0200, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Hariprasad Shenai
> <hariprasad@chelsio.com> wrote:
> > Add new /sys/kernel/debug/cxgb4/*/dcb_info node to dump out
> > various Data Center Bridging information.
> 
> why? what's wrong with using the lldp tool for that purpose?

This is needed only for firmware managed DCBx. And when we are using
open LLDP instead of firmware managing DCBx, lldp tool can be used.

Hari