netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] netdevsim: add couple of fw_update_flash

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Message-ID: <20250721160457.407df671@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:04:57 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, horms@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] netdevsim: add couple of fw_update_flash_*
 debugfs knobs

On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:27:34 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Netdevsim emulates firmware update and it takes 5 seconds to complete.
> For some usecases, this is too long and unnecessary. Allow user to
> configure the time by exposing debugfs knobs to set flash size, chunk
> size and chunk time.

FWIW I also find the long delays annoying when running the test
manually. But do we need knobs for all the constants? Maybe cut
down the size to something more reasonable and expose just one
knob to control the length of the msleep()?
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