Re: [RFC iproute2-next] devlink: add info subcommand

[Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>]

On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:20:11 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> > static void help(void)
> > {
> > 	pr_err("Usage: devlink [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT { COMMAND | help }\n"
> > 	       "       devlink [ -f[orce] ] -b[atch] filename\n"
> >-	       "where  OBJECT := { dev | port | sb | monitor | dpipe | resource | region }\n"
> >+	       "where  OBJECT := { dev | port | sb | monitor | dpipe | resource | region | info }\n"  
> 
> I think that "info" should be nested under "dev". It is related to dev.

Ack.

> Maybe it even does not have to be a separate command and can be a nested
> attribute to existing DEVLINK_CMD_GET cmd.

I thought about that, but I'd rather keep it as a separate command.  
I think it'd be good to keep DEVLINK_CMD_GET nice and lean.  

For versions there may be FW communication required, and reading stuff
out of flash.  I bit of overhead for users who just want the list of
devlink instances.

Having in under dev but as a separate command seems quite nice indeed.
Especially given that there can only be a show subcommand..  So:

For dump:
$ devlink dev info

But for get:
$ devlink dev pci/0000:82:00.0 info

or

$ devlink dev info pci/0000:82:00.0

?