netdev - Re: [patch v1 1/2] Allow Mellanox network vendor to be configured if only I2C bus is configured

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Message-Id: <20170813.172521.1720357048468458417.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Sun, 13 Aug 2017 17:25:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ohado@...lanox.com
Cc:     leon@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, vadimp@...lanox.com,
        system-sw-low-level@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch v1 1/2] Allow Mellanox network vendor to be configured
 if only I2C bus is configured

From: Ohad Oz <ohado@...lanox.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2017 15:26:56 +0000

> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Leon Romanovsky [mailto:leon@...nel.org]
>> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2017 5:37 PM
>> To: Ohad Oz <ohado@...lanox.com>
>> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org; jiri@...nulli.us; Saeed
>> Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>; Vadim Pasternak
>> <vadimp@...lanox.com>; system-sw-low-level <system-sw-low-
>> level@...lanox.com>
>> Subject: Re: [patch v1 1/2] Allow Mellanox network vendor to be configured
>> if only I2C bus is configured
>> 
>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 05:11:51PM +0000, Ohad Oz wrote:
>> > Patch allows Mellanox devices on system with no PCI, but with I2C only.
>> >
>> 
>> Did you test mlx5 device on such system? Did it work for you?
> 
> Yes, I did. With PCI config set to disable mlx5 drivers are not built. 
> Only the following: 
> /build/drivers/net/Ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/mlxsw_core.ko
> /build/drivers/net/Ethernet/mellanox /mlxsw/mlxsw_i2c.ko
> /build/drivers/net/Ethernet/mellanox /mlxsw/mlxsw_minimal.ko
> 
> While with both options on all drivers are built inc mlx5.

I'm not so sure he's interested if things build or not.

He's asking you if you actually used a Mellanox device with this
driver with PCI disabled and only I2C available.