netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH fwctl 5/5] pds_fwctl: add Documentation entries

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Message-ID: <20250212131344.GS3754072@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:13:44 -0400
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Cc: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@....com>, andrew.gospodarek@...adcom.com,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH fwctl 5/5] pds_fwctl: add Documentation entries

On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 12:51:49PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > +The PDS Core device makes an fwctl service available through an
> > +auxiliary_device named pds_core.fwctl.N.  The pds_fwctl driver binds
> > +to this device and registers itself with the fwctl bus.  The resulting
> > +userspace interface is used by an application that is a part of the
> > +AMD/Pensando software package for the Distributed Service Card (DSC).
> 
> Jason, where did we get to on the question of a central open repo etc?

I it is something I would like to do and support, but I haven't seen
any proposal what it would look like just yet. Right now people seem
to be porting their existing tools rather than building new stuff from
scratch.

I have some thoughts around provisioning but that's all.

Jason