netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] devlink: Add support to set port function as trusted

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Message-ID: <20211215112204.4ec7cf1a@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:22:04 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Cc:     Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Sunil Sudhakar Rani <sunrani@...dia.com>,
        Bodong Wang <bodong@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] devlink: Add support to set port function
 as trusted

On Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:19:16 +0000 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> After some internal discussions, the plan is to not push new
> interfaces, but to utilize the existing devlink params interface for
> devlink port functions.
> 
> We will suggest a more fine grained parameters to control a port
> function (SF/VF) well-defined capabilities.
> 
> devlink port function param set/get DEV/PORT_INDEX name PARAMETER value
> VALUE cmode { runtime | driverinit | permanent }
> 
> Jiri is already on-board. Jakub I hope you are ok with this, let us
> know if you have any concerns before we start implementation.

You can use mail pigeon to configure this, my questions were about 
the feature itself not the interface.