netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: devlink: Add unused port flavour

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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:12:20 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/7] net: devlink: Add unused port flavour

Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 03:48:56PM CEST, vladimir.oltean@....com wrote:
>On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 03:07:58PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 01:03:56PM CEST, vladimir.oltean@....com wrote:
>> >On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 06:46:14PM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> >> That makes sense to me as it would be confusing to suddenly show unused port
>> >> flavors after this patch series land. Andrew, Vladimir, does that work for
>> >> you as well?
>> >
>> >I have nothing to object against somebody adding a '--all' argument to
>> >devlink port commands.
>> 
>> How "unused" is a "flavour"? It seems to me more like a separate
>> attribute as port of any "flavour" may be potentially "unused". I don't
>> think we should mix these 2.
>> 
>
>I guess it's you who suggested it might make sense to add an "unused"
>port flavour?

Maybe, but that was just an idea. 2 years later, I don't think it is a
good idea.

>
>> Okay. That looks fine. I wonder if it would make sense to have another
>> flavour for "unused" ports.
>
>https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/cover/20180322105522.8186-1-jiri@resnulli.us/
>
>Thanks,
>-Vladimir