linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 00/13] Add devlink reload level option

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Message-ID: <326163fb-ed79-62ea-ed2d-cb3b7700db54@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:37:25 -0700
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 00/13] Add devlink reload level option



On 7/27/2020 4:02 AM, Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> Introduce new option on devlink reload API to enable the user to select the
> reload level required. Complete support for all levels in mlx5.
> The following reload levels are supported:
>   driver: Driver entities re-instantiation only. 

So, this is the current support. Ok.

>   fw_reset: Firmware reset and driver entities re-instantiation. 


This would include firmware update? What about differing levels of
device/firmware reset? I.e. I think some of our HW has function level
reset, device wide reset, as well as EMP reset. For us, only EMP reset
would trigger firmware update.

>   fw_live_patch: Firmware live patching only.

This is for update without reset, right?