netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH iproute2-next] System specification health API

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Date:   Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:17:35 +0300
From:   Eran Ben Elisha <eranbe@...lanox.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com>,
        Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>,
        Ariel Almog <ariela@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH iproute2-next] System specification health API



On 9/16/2018 10:57 PM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> Why is this going under iproute rather than using one of the existing sensor API's.
>> For example Intel NIC's have thermal sensors etc.
> 
> Hi Stephen
> 
> These are not that sort of sensors. This is part of the naming problem
> here. It is not really to do with health, it is about exceptions and
> bugs. And the sensors are more like timeouts and watchdogs.
> 
> It is clear that the current names lead to a lot of confusion. Maybe:
> 
> health -> exception
> sensor -> condition
> 
>         Andrew
> 

I think those names renaming can work well.

(Sorry for that response, Local holiday season...)

Eran