netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] sfc: Add EF100 BAR config support

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Date:   Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:38:35 +0100
From:   Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@...nel.org>, davem <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, ecree.xilinx@...il.com,
        linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        mst <mst@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] sfc: Add EF100 BAR config support

FYI, during my holiday my colleagues found a way to use the vdpa tool for this.
That means we should not need this series, at least for vDPA.
So we can drop this series.

Thanks,
Martin

On Wed, Aug 03, 2022 at 03:57:34PM +0800, Jason Wang wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 12:05 AM Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:32:12 +0100 Martin Habets wrote:
> > > > Okay. Indeed, we could easily bolt something onto devlink, I'd think
> > > > but I don't know the space enough to push for one solution over
> > > > another.
> > > >
> > > > Please try to document the problem and the solution... somewhere, tho.
> > > > Otherwise the chances that the next vendor with this problem follows
> > > > the same approach fall from low to none.
> > >
> > > Yeah, good point. The obvious thing would be to create a
> > >  Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/sfc/sfc/rst
> > > Is that generic enough for other vendors to find out, or there a better place?
> >
> > Documentation/vdpa.rst ? I don't see any kernel level notes on
> > implementing vDPA perhaps virt folks can suggest something.
> 
> Not sure, since it's not a vDPA general thing but a vendor/parent
> specific thing.
> 
> Or maybe Documentation/vdpa/sfc ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> > I don't think people would be looking into driver-specific docs
> > when trying to implement an interface, so sfc is not a great option
> > IMHO.
> >
> > > I can do a follow-up patch for this.
> >
> > Let's make it part of the same series.