netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] devlink enhancements

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Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 09:36:22 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Kalesh A P <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@...adcom.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...dia.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        edwin.peer@...adcom.com, michael.chan@...adcom.com,
        Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] devlink enhancements

On Mon,  2 Aug 2021 09:57:38 +0530 Kalesh A P wrote:
> From: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@...adcom.com>
> 
> This patchset adds device capability reporting to devlink info API.
> It may be useful if we expose the device capabilities to the user
> through devlink info API.

Did you see the RFC Jake posted? That's way more palatable.

Operationally the API provided here is of little to no value 
to the user, and since it extends the "let the vendors dump custom
meaningless strings" paradigm present in devlink please expect 
major push back.