netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 RFC 0/8] devlink: Add configuration parameters support for devlink

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Date:   Fri, 21 Dec 2018 10:07:25 +0530
From:   Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "michael.chan@...adcom.com" <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, mkubecek@...e.cz,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 RFC 0/8] devlink: Add configuration parameters
 support for devlink_port

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 11:25 PM Jakub Kicinski
<jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:40:11 +0530, Vasundhara Volam wrote:
> > This patchset adds support for configuration parameters setting through
> > devlink_port.  Each device registers supported configuration parameters
> > table.
> >
> > The user can retrieve data on these parameters by
> > "devlink port param show" command and can set new value to a
> > parameter by "devlink port param set" command.
> > All configuration modes supported by devlink_dev are supported
> > by devlink_port also.
> >
> > Command examples and output:
> >
> > # devlink port param show
> > pci/0000:3b:00.0/0:
> >   name wake-on-lan type generic
> >     values:
> >       cmode permanent value false
> >
> > pci/0000:3b:00.1/1:
> >   name wake-on-lan type generic
> >     values:
> >       cmode permanent value false
> >
> > pci/0000:af:00.0/0:
> >   name wake-on-lan type generic
> >     values:
> >       cmode permanent value true
> >
> > # devlink port param show pci/0000:3b:00.0/0 name wake-on-lan
> > pci/0000:3b:00.0/0:
> >   name wake-on-lan type generic
> >     values:
> >       cmode permanent value false
> >
> > # devlink port param set pci/0000:3b:00.0/0 name wake-on-lan cmode permanent value true
> >
> > There is difference of opinion on adding WOL parameter to devlink, between
> > Jakub Kicinski and Michael Chan.
> >
> > Quote from Jakud Kicinski:
> > --------
>
> Patchwork or git may cut off anything under the ------ line.
Thank you. I will resend the patchset by replacing it with ****.