netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Configurable VLAN mode for NCSI driver

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Message-ID: <20220610130903.0386c0d9@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:09:03 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Jiaqing Zhao <jiaqing.zhao@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@...dozajonas.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        openbmc@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Configurable VLAN mode for NCSI driver

On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:59:34 +0800 Jiaqing Zhao wrote:
> Currently kernel NCSI driver only supports the "VLAN + non-VLAN" mode
> (Mode #2), but this mode is an optional mode [1] defined in NCSI spec
> and some NCSI devices like Intel E810 Network Adapter [2] does not
> support that mode. This patchset adds a new "ncsi,vlan-mode" device
> tree property for configuring the VLAN mode of NCSI device.
> 
> [1] Table 58 - VLAN Enable Modes
>     https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0222_1.0.0.pdf
> [2] 12.6.5.4.3 VLAN
>     https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/613875

Please don't post the same patches more than once a day. You posted the
same patches 3 times within 15 minutes with no major difference :/

Why is "ncsi,vlan-mode" set via the device tree? Looks like something
that can be configured at runtime.