netdev - Re: [net-next v2 1/1] virtual-bus: Implementation of Virtual Bus

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Message-ID: <20191120034839-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 20 Nov 2019 03:52:23 -0500
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
        "sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        "jgg@...pe.ca" <jgg@...pe.ca>, Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@...el.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next v2 1/1] virtual-bus: Implementation of Virtual Bus

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 03:38:18AM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> 
> 
> > From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 9:15 PM
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > >
> > > > From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 1:37 AM
> > > >
> > >
> > > Nop. Devlink is NOT net specific. It works at the bus/device level.
> > > Any block/scsi/crypto can register devlink instance and implement the
> > > necessary ops as long as device has bus.
> > >
> > 
> > Well, uapi/linux/devlink.h told me:
> > 
> > "
> >  * include/uapi/linux/devlink.h - Network physical device Netlink interface "
> > 
> > And the userspace tool was packaged into iproute2, the command was named
> > as "TC", "PORT", "ESWITCH". All of those were strong hints that it was network
> > specific. Even for networking, only few vendors choose to implement this.
> > 
> It is under iproute2 tool but it is not limited to networking.

Want to fix the documentation then?
That's sure to confuse people ...

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MST