netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 0/8] devlink: Add configuration parameters support for devlink

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Date:   Wed, 6 Feb 2019 15:43:40 +0530
From:   Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>
To:     Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "michael.chan@...adcom.com" <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 0/8] devlink: Add configuration parameters
 support for devlink_port

On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 10:21 PM Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 09:53:26AM +0530, Vasundhara Volam wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 8:26 AM Jakub Kicinski
> > >
> > > No?  We were talking about using the soon-too-come ethtool netlink
> > > API with additional indication that given configuration request is
> > > supposed to be persisted.  Adding more devlink parameters is exactly
> > > the opposite of what you should be doing.
> >
> > Okay. So, till then can we have the devlink wake_on_lan parameter or
> > you want this to be removed? Could you please clarify?
> >
> > Once ethtool netlink API is available with persisted support, I can remove
> > this wake_on_lan parameter from devlink. Thanks.
>
> Once you provide an interface for userspace and applications start using
> it, it's hard to get rid of it. As an extreme example, the legacy ioctl
> interface used by ifconfig has been declared obsolete since kernel 2.2.0
> (January 1999, i.e. 20 years ago) and we still have to maintain it.
>
Okay Got it. I will revert only the wake_on_lan parameter and send the patch.
We will wait for soon-too-come ethtool netlink API.

Thank you.
> Michal Kubecek