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

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 09:29:23 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@...adcom.com>
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

Tue, May 19, 2020 at 09:13:46AM CEST, edwin.peer@...adcom.com wrote:
>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.

I understand is it not an action.

But I think I missed what exactly it configures. I still don't have a
clue.

>
>Regards,
>Edwin Peer