netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 RFC 0/8] devlink: Add configuration parameters support for devlink

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Message-ID: <20181220095534.1d2228d1@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Dec 2018 09:55:34 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, michael.chan@...adcom.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
        mkubecek@...e.cz, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 RFC 0/8] devlink: Add configuration
 parameters support for devlink_port

On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 14:40:11 +0530, Vasundhara Volam wrote:
> This patchset adds support for configuration parameters setting through
> devlink_port.  Each device registers supported configuration parameters
> table.
> 
> The user can retrieve data on these parameters by
> "devlink port param show" command and can set new value to a
> parameter by "devlink port param set" command.
> All configuration modes supported by devlink_dev are supported
> by devlink_port also.
> 
> Command examples and output:
> 
> # devlink port param show
> pci/0000:3b:00.0/0:
>   name wake-on-lan type generic
>     values:
>       cmode permanent value false
> 
> pci/0000:3b:00.1/1:
>   name wake-on-lan type generic
>     values:
>       cmode permanent value false
> 
> pci/0000:af:00.0/0:
>   name wake-on-lan type generic
>     values:
>       cmode permanent value true
> 
> # devlink port param show pci/0000:3b:00.0/0 name wake-on-lan
> pci/0000:3b:00.0/0:
>   name wake-on-lan type generic
>     values:
>       cmode permanent value false
> 
> # devlink port param set pci/0000:3b:00.0/0 name wake-on-lan cmode permanent value true
> 
> There is difference of opinion on adding WOL parameter to devlink, between
> Jakub Kicinski and Michael Chan.
> 
> Quote from Jakud Kicinski:
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