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

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Date:   Fri, 18 Sep 2020 16:07:32 -0700
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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



On 9/18/2020 2:04 PM, David Miller wrote:
> 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.
> 

Yep.

Thanks,
Jake