netdev - Re: [net-next 1/6] net/dcb: Add dcbnl buffer attribute

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Message-ID: <3876f262-1b7f-6761-3812-e275b35ff2a8@mellanox.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 May 2018 10:08:36 -0500
From:   Huy Nguyen <huyn@...lanox.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>,
        Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/6] net/dcb: Add dcbnl buffer attribute

> I hope that is not true, since we (Netronome) are trying to use it for
> NIC configuration, too.  We should generalize the API if need be.
Yes, it is up to your company. devlink is static tool. DCBNL are intended to
be dynamically configured by switch. In real world, not many people 
configure NIC's qos
from host.