From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
kuba@kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, yuehaibing@huawei.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, petrm@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: ethtool: Add new parameters and a function to support EPL
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:32:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240911073255.GK572255@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240910090217.3044324-2-danieller@nvidia.com>
On Tue, Sep 10, 2024 at 12:02:16PM +0300, Danielle Ratson wrote:
> In the CMIS specification for pluggable modules, LPL (Local Payload) and
> EPL (Extended Payload) are two types of data payloads used for managing
> various functions and features of the module.
>
> EPL payloads are used for more complex and extensive management
> functions that require a larger amount of data, so writing firmware
> blocks using EPL is much more efficient.
>
> Currently, only LPL payload is supported for writing firmware blocks to
> the module.
>
> Add EPL related parameters to the function ethtool_cmis_cdb_compose_args()
> and add a specific function for calculating the maximum allowable length
> extension for EPL. Both will be used in the next patch to add support for
> writing firmware blocks using EPL.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-09-11 7:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-10 9:02 [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] ethtool: Add support for writing firmware Danielle Ratson
2024-09-10 9:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] net: ethtool: Add new parameters and a function to support EPL Danielle Ratson
2024-09-11 7:32 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2024-09-10 9:02 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: ethtool: Add support for writing firmware blocks using EPL payload Danielle Ratson
2024-09-11 7:32 ` Simon Horman
2024-09-11 12:26 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-09-11 15:41 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-09-11 17:38 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-09-13 7:29 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-09-15 17:17 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] ethtool: Add support for writing firmware Jakub Kicinski
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