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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:32:22 +0100

> There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things
> that are not directly related to any device class like net_device of
> ib_device, but rather chip-wide/switch-ASIC-wide stuff.
> 
> Use cases:
> 1) get/set of port type (Ethernet/InfiniBand)
> 2) setting up port splitters - split port into multiple ones and squash again,
>    enables usage of splitter cable
> 3) setting up shared buffers - shared among multiple ports within
>    one chip (work in progress)
> 4) configuration of switch wide properties - resources division etc - This will
>    allow to pass configuration that is unacceptable to be passed as
>    a module option.
> 
> First patch of this set introduces a new generic Netlink based interface,
> called "devlink". It is similar to nl80211 model and it is heavily
> influenced by it, including the API definition. The devlink introduction patch
> implements use cases 1) and 2). Other 2 are in development atm and will
> be addressed by follow-ups.
> 
> It is very convenient for drivers to use devlink, as you can see in other
> patches in this set.
> 
> Counterpart for devlink is userspace tool for now called "dl". Command line
> interface and outputs are derived from "ip" tool so it should be easy
> for users to get used to it.
> 
> It is available here as a standalone tool for now:
> https://github.com/jpirko/devlink
> After this is merge in kernel, I will include the "dl" or "devlink" tool
> into iproute2 toolset.
 ...

Series applied, thanks Jiri.