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

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Date:   Wed, 20 Nov 2019 13:03:11 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Cc:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>,
        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

Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 09:52:23AM CET, mst@...hat.com wrote:
>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 ...

Will do.

>
>-- 
>MST
>