netdev - RE: [RFC PATCH 0/4] r8169: support dash

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Message-ID: <67d7f6f7b6e84af692bc0a7c4c48bb84@realtek.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Dec 2021 07:53:28 +0000
From:   Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     "hkallweit1@...il.com" <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH 0/4] r8169: support dash

Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 12:21 PM
[...]
> > Could devlink param be used for more than 4 bytes settings?
> > At least the IPv6 address is longer.
> 
> We can add a new devlink sub-command and driver callback in that case.

Excuse me. Do you mean someone will add it? Then, I could use it.
Or, I have to add it.

> > Besides, we need the information of SMBIOS which could
> > be 4K ~ 8K bytes data. Is there any way we could transmit
> > it to firmware?
> 
> Is structure of that data defined by some DMTF standard?
Yes.

Best Regards,
Hayes