linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/1] net: ethtool: add SmartNIC reset support

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Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:28:23 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Allan W. Nielsen" <allan.nielsen@...rosemi.com>,
        Raju Lakkaraju <Raju.Lakkaraju@...rosemi.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steve Lin <steven.lin1@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] net: ethtool: add SmartNIC reset support

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 09:01:35AM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> Ethtool provides support for resetting other internal portions of the
> NIC already.  Seems appropriate to use one of the bits for resetting
> the application processor (AP) for SmartNICs.

Hi Scott

Do you also have a management processor on the NIC?

Or is the Application Processor just the Marketing Departments name
for the management processor?

	   Andrew