netdev - RE: [PATCH 2/7] devlink: Adding NPAR permanent config parameters

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Message-ID: <AM0PR0502MB36839C516E78EF0C2C1E4B46BF420@AM0PR0502MB3683.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 10:39:58 +0000
From:   Yuval Mintz <yuvalm@...lanox.com>
To:     Steve Lin <steven.lin1@...adcom.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "michael.chan@...adcom.com" <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        "linville@...driver.com" <linville@...driver.com>,
        "gospo@...adcom.com" <gospo@...adcom.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/7] devlink: Adding NPAR permanent config parameters

> DEVLINK_ATTR_PERM_CFG_NPAR_BW_RESERVATION_VALID: 1 to use
> BW_RESERVATION setting, 0 to ignore.
> 
...
> DEVLINK_ATTR_PERM_CFG_NPAR_BW_LIMIT_VALID: 1 to use BW_LIMIT
> setting, 0 to ignore.

While it probably ties to different fields in your NVM layout why would the user
require specific attributes for these? Why not have values in the actual
attributes indicating of this status?