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

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Message-ID: <20171018191639.GI15371@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:16:39 +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

> Yes, there is also a management processor.

O.K.

Maybe it would be nice to add some more text to the commit message to
make this clear. Define what an application processor is, and how it
differs from a management processor. But othersize:

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

I assume you have another kernel patch to actually make use of this?
It is normal to post the user of a new API in the same series as the
API.

    Andrew