linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver

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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:00:58 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
	Leonid Bloch <lbloch@...dia.com>, Itay Avraham <itayavr@...dia.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
	Aron Silverton <aron.silverton@...cle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver

On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 09:53:14PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 04/04/2024 21:25, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > For instance there is a bunch that configure the UEFI option
> > rom. Various devices can PXE boot, iSCSI boot and so on.
> 
> Sounds like a perfect example of something that should have a
>  standardised cross-vendor configuration mechanism, rather than
>  every vendor having its own special tool as is sadly the case
>  today.

Sure, I imagine exploring this kind of commonality in userspace with a
fwctl based tool. The kernel is the wrong layer to do it.

Jason