netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] bnxt_en: Add new "enable_hot_fw

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Message-ID: <CAKOOJTxVbJ0QUCUz8JKDSJKoiQ8FecifbRRo9gcM8ijhDkA9HA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 00:13:46 -0700
From:   Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] bnxt_en: Add new "enable_hot_fw_reset"
 generic devlink parameter

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 10:27 PM Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:

> >I am adding this param to control the fw hot reset capability of the device.
>
> I don't follow, sorry. Could you be more verbose about what you are
> trying to achieve here?

Hi Jiri,

Vasundhara is not adding a mechanism to trigger the actual reset here.
This is a parameter to enable or disable the hot reset functionality.
It's configuration, not an action.

Regards,
Edwin Peer