netdev - RE: [PATCH net 1/1] ice: do not abort devlink info if PBA can't be found

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Message-ID: <CO1PR11MB5089936C177B4A0794EC38D0D6C09@CO1PR11MB5089.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Aug 2021 21:00:41 +0000
From:   "Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "Nguyen, Anthony L" <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Brelinski, TonyX" <tonyx.brelinski@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net 1/1] ice: do not abort devlink info if PBA can't be
 found



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2021 9:53 AM
> To: Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>;
> netdev@...r.kernel.org; Brelinski, TonyX <tonyx.brelinski@...el.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/1] ice: do not abort devlink info if PBA can't be found
> 
> On Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:46:59 -0700 Tony Nguyen wrote:
> > From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
> >
> > The devlink dev info command reports version information about the
> > device and firmware running on the board. This includes the "board.id"
> > field which is supposed to represent an identifier of the board design.
> > The ice driver uses the Product Board Assembly identifier for this.
> 
> Since I'm nit picking I would not use PBA in the subject 'cause to most
> devs this means pending bit array.

Yep that makes more sense! Thanks for the good review.

Thanks,
Jake