netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v4 0/5] iavf: Add devlink and devlink rate support'

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Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 19:22:01 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: "Zhang, Xuejun" <xuejun.zhang@...el.com>
Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
 <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
 <qi.z.zhang@...el.com>, Wenjun Wu <wenjun1.wu@...el.com>,
 <maxtram95@...il.com>, "Chittim, Madhu" <madhu.chittim@...el.com>,
 "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v4 0/5] iavf: Add devlink and
 devlink rate support'

On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:19:14 -0800 Zhang, Xuejun wrote:
> The proposed API would incur net/core and driver changes as follows
> a) existing drivers with ndo_set_tx_maxrate support upgraded to use new 
> ndo_set_tx_rate
> b) net sysfs (replacing ndo_set_maxrate with ndo_set_tx_rate with 
> minrate and burst set to 0, -1 means ignore)
> c) Keep the existing /sys/class/net/ethx/queues/tx_nn/tx_maxrate as it 
> is currently
> d) Add sysfs entry as /sys/class/net/ethx/queues/tx_nn/tx_minrate & 
> /sys/class/net/ethx/queues/tx_nn/burst

You described extending the sysfs API (which the ndo you mention 
is for) and nothing about converging the other existing APIs.