netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/8] devlink: add device information API

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Message-ID: <20190131074005.GA2523@nanopsycho.orion>
Date:   Thu, 31 Jan 2019 08:40:05 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com, andrew@...n.ch, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        mkubecek@...e.cz, eugenem@...com, jonathan.lemon@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 1/8] devlink: add device information API

Thu, Jan 31, 2019 at 12:41:26AM CET, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com wrote:
>ethtool -i has served us well for a long time, but its showing
>its limitations more and more. The device information should
>also be reported per device not per-netdev.
>
>Lay foundation for a simple devlink-based way of reading device
>info. Add driver name and device serial number as initial pieces
>of information exposed via this new API.
>
>v3:
> - rename helpers (Jiri);
> - rename driver name attr (Jiri);
> - remove double spacing in commit message (Jiri).
>RFC v2:
> - wrap the skb into an opaque structure (Jiri);
> - allow the serial number of be any length (Jiri & Andrew);
> - add driver name (Jonathan).
>
>Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>