netdev - Re: [net-next v6 0/5] devlink flash update overwrite mask

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Message-Id: <20200918.140457.1532137508491847343.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:04:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jacob.e.keller@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        corbet@....net, michael.chan@...adcom.com, luobin9@...wei.com,
        saeedm@...lanox.com, leon@...nel.org, idosch@...lanox.com,
        danieller@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [net-next v6 0/5] devlink flash update overwrite mask

From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 17:45:24 -0700

> This series introduces support for a new attribute to the flash update
> command: DEVLINK_ATTR_FLASH_UPDATE_OVERWRITE_MASK.
> 
> This attribute is a bitfield which allows userspace to specify what set of
> subfields to overwrite when performing a flash update for a device.
> 
> The intention is to support the ability to control the behavior of
> overwriting the configuration and identifying fields in the Intel ice device
> flash update process. This is necessary  as the firmware layout for the ice
> device includes some settings and configuration within the same flash
> section as the main firmware binary.
 ...

There are a lot of rejects due to some recent mlxsw changes, could you
please respin?

Thank you.