linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v2 01/13] devlink: Add reload action option to devlink reload command

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Message-ID: <20200817163612.GA2627@nanopsycho>
Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 18:36:12 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Moshe Shemesh <moshe@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v2 01/13] devlink: Add reload action option
 to devlink reload command

Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:37:40AM CEST, moshe@...lanox.com wrote:
>Add devlink reload action to allow the user to request a specific reload
>action. The action parameter is optional, if not specified then devlink
>driver re-init action is used (backward compatible).
>Note that when required to do firmware activation some drivers may need
>to reload the driver. On the other hand some drivers may need to reset

Sounds reasonable. I think it would be good to indicate that though. Not
sure how...


>the firmware to reinitialize the driver entities.
>Reload actions supported are:
>driver_reinit: driver entities re-initialization, applying devlink-param
>               and devlink-resource values.
>fw_activate: firmware activate.
>fw_live_patch: firmware live patching.
>