From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org,
roopa@nvidia.com, mlxsw@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 00/10] introduce line card support for modular switch
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:19:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210115141937.GL3565223@nanopsycho.orion> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <35d85fb0-a3db-e0c4-ca5a-f3e962c3dfbf@intel.com>
Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:56:15PM CET, jacob.e.keller@intel.com wrote:
>
>
>On 1/13/2021 11:39 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 03:07:18AM CET, andrew@lunn.ch wrote:
>>>
>>> I assume if i prevision for card4ports but actually install a
>>> card2ports, all the interfaces stay down?
>>
>> Yes, the card won't get activated in case or provision mismatch.
>>
>
>If you're able to detect the line card type when plugging it in, I don't
>understand why you need system administrator to pre-provision it using
>such an interface? Wouldn't it make more sense to simply detect the
>case? Or is it that you expect these things to be moved around and want
>to make sure that you can configure the associated netdevices before the
>card is plugged in?
That is what I wrote in the cover letter.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-15 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 80+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-13 12:12 [patch net-next RFC 00/10] introduce line card support for modular switch Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 01/10] devlink: add support to create line card and expose to user Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 15:47 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 02/10] devlink: implement line card provisioning Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 16:03 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-15 16:51 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 18:09 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-18 12:50 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 03/10] devlink: implement line card active state Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 16:06 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-15 16:52 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 04/10] devlink: append split port number to the port name Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 05/10] devlink: add port to line card relationship set Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 16:10 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-15 16:53 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 06/10] netdevsim: introduce line card support Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 07/10] netdevsim: allow port objects to be linked with line cards Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 08/10] netdevsim: create devlink line card object and implement provisioning Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 16:30 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-15 16:54 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 09/10] netdevsim: implement line card activation Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 12:12 ` [patch net-next RFC 10/10] selftests: add netdevsim devlink lc test Jiri Pirko
2021-01-13 13:39 ` [patch iproute2/net-next RFC] devlink: add support for linecard show and provision Jiri Pirko
2021-01-14 2:07 ` [patch net-next RFC 00/10] introduce line card support for modular switch Andrew Lunn
2021-01-14 7:39 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-14 22:56 ` Jacob Keller
2021-01-15 14:19 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2021-01-19 11:56 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-19 14:51 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-20 8:36 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-20 13:56 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-20 23:41 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-21 0:01 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-21 0:16 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-21 15:34 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-21 15:32 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-21 16:38 ` David Ahern
2021-01-22 7:28 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-22 14:13 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-26 11:33 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-26 13:56 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-27 7:57 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-27 14:14 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-27 14:57 ` David Ahern
2021-01-28 8:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-28 14:17 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-29 7:20 ` Jiri Pirko
[not found] ` <YBQujIdnFtEhWqTF@lunn.ch>
2021-01-29 16:45 ` Vadim Pasternak
2021-01-29 17:31 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-30 14:19 ` Jiri Pirko
[not found] ` <251d1e12-1d61-0922-31f8-a8313f18f194@gmail.com>
2021-02-01 8:16 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-02-01 13:41 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-03 14:57 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-02-03 16:26 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-02-01 1:43 ` Andrew Lunn
2021-01-22 8:05 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-19 16:23 ` David Ahern
2021-01-20 8:37 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-14 2:27 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-14 7:48 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-14 23:30 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-15 14:39 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 19:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-18 13:00 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-18 17:59 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-19 11:51 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-18 22:55 ` David Ahern
2021-01-22 8:01 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-14 22:58 ` Jacob Keller
2021-01-14 23:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-01-15 14:40 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 15:43 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-15 16:55 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-15 18:01 ` Ido Schimmel
2021-01-18 13:03 ` Jiri Pirko
2021-01-18 18:01 ` Edwin Peer
2021-01-18 22:57 ` David Ahern
2021-01-18 23:40 ` Edwin Peer
2021-01-19 2:39 ` David Ahern
2021-01-19 5:06 ` Edwin Peer
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