netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] bnxt_fwctl: Add bnxt fwctl device

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Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:49:50 +0530
From: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>
To: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 5/6] bnxt_fwctl: Add bnxt fwctl device

On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM Jonathan Cameron
<jonathan.cameron@...wei.com> wrote:
>
> I was kind of expecting something called validate_rpc to do
> the scope checks that we see in other drivers.
> e.g. mlx5ctl_validate_rpc()
>
Right, skipped applying scope with the intention to support all the commands,
assuming good faith in the sender. Thanks for your comment, I realize besides
missing to implement an important fwctl construct, it also does make me appear
lazy, to segregate commands from a really large list. But I will do it in v3.
Thanks for pointing out.