netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] devlink: expand the devlink-info documentation

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Message-Id: <20200324.164906.998922318294541493.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:49:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com, eugenem@...com,
        jacob.e.keller@...el.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        michael.chan@...adcom.com, snelson@...sando.io,
        jesse.brandeburg@...el.com, rdunlap@...radead.org,
        vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] devlink: expand the devlink-info
 documentation

From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:30:16 -0700

> We are having multiple review cycles with all vendors trying
> to implement devlink-info. Let's expand the documentation with
> more information about what's implemented and motivation behind
> this interface in an attempt to make the implementations easier.
> 
> Describe what each info section is supposed to contain, and make
> some references to other HW interfaces (PCI caps).
> 
> Document how firmware management is expected to look, to make
> it clear how devlink-info and devlink-flash work in concert.
> 
> Name some future work.
> 
> v2: - improve wording
> v3: - improve wording
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>

Applied, thanks.