netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] ionic: add devlink firmware update

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Date:   Thu, 3 Sep 2020 14:37:40 -0700
From:   Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] ionic: add devlink firmware update

On 9/3/20 12:53 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed,  2 Sep 2020 12:57:17 -0700 Shannon Nelson wrote:
>> Add support for firmware update through the devlink interface.
>> This update copies the firmware object into the device, asks
>> the current firmware to install it, then asks the firmware to
>> set the device to use the new firmware on the next boot-up.
> Activate sounds too much like fw-active in Moshe's patches.
>
> Just to be clear - you're not actually switching from the current
> FW to the new one here, right?
>
> If it's more analogous to switching between flash images perhaps
> selecting would be a better term?
>
>> The install and activate steps are launched as asynchronous
>> requests, which are then followed up with status requests
>> commands.  These status request commands will be answered with
>> an EAGAIN return value and will try again until the request
>> has completed or reached the timeout specified.

I think I can find a way to reword that - perhaps "enable" would be 
better than "activate"?

Thanks,
sln