netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mlxsw: Hardware monitoring enhancements

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Message-Id: <20190530.123654.773645789138003217.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 30 May 2019 12:36:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...sch.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, vadimp@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mlxsw: Hardware monitoring enhancements

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 11:47:14 +0300

> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> This patchset from Vadim provides various hardware monitoring related
> improvements for mlxsw.
> 
> Patch #1 allows querying firmware version from the switch driver when
> the underlying bus is I2C. This is useful for baseboard management
> controller (BMC) systems that communicate with the ASIC over I2C.
> 
> Patch #2 improves driver's performance over I2C by utilizing larger
> transactions sizes, if possible.
> 
> Patch #3 re-orders driver's initialization sequence to enforce a
> specific firmware version before new firmware features are utilized.
> This is a prerequisite for patches #4-#6.
> 
> Patches #4-#6 expose the temperature of inter-connect devices
> (gearboxes) that are present in Mellanox SN3800 systems and split
> 2x50Gb/s lanes to 4x25Gb/s lanes.
> 
> Patches #7-#8 reduce the transaction size when reading SFP modules
> temperatures, which is crucial when working over I2C.

Series applied, thanks.