netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 4/6] mlx4: Implement devlink interface

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:43:53 +0200
From:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 4/6] mlx4: Implement devlink interface

On 2/3/2016 12:48 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Implement newly introduced devlink interface. Add devlink port instances
> for every port and set the port types accordingly.
>

Lets see how to use the newly introduced interface in a way which would 
allow us to get a configuration
profile from user-space and program it to the firmware. This is generic 
problem for other drivers too - we've triedsolving it with configfs in 
the past but the patches were not accepted.

Or.