From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B891C43381 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2019 06:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DAB420815 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2019 06:23:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726029AbfCDGXP (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Mar 2019 01:23:15 -0500 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:57834 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725550AbfCDGXP (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Mar 2019 01:23:15 -0500 Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f80:35cd::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0A6AD14F23086; Sun, 3 Mar 2019 22:23:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:23:14 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <20190303.222314.1709357428234236647.davem@davemloft.net> To: idosch@mellanox.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, jiri@mellanox.com, vadimp@mellanox.com, mlxsw@mellanox.com Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] mlxsw: minimal: Add ethtool and resource query support From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20190303091143.17333-1-idosch@mellanox.com> References: <20190303091143.17333-1-idosch@mellanox.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Sun, 03 Mar 2019 22:23:15 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org From: Ido Schimmel Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2019 09:12:06 +0000 > Vadim says: > > The minimal driver is chip independent and uses I2C bus for chip access. > Its purpose is to support chassis management on systems equipped with > Mellanox switch ASICs. For example, from a BMC (Board Management > Controller) device. > > Patches #1-#3 add ethtool support to the minimal driver so that QSFP/SFP > module info could be retrieved by the driver. This is done by exposing a > dummy netdev for each front panel port and implementing the required > ethtool operations. > > Patches #4-#8 add resource query support. This allows the driver to > query the firmware about values of certain resources (e.g., maximum > number of ports). It is required on systems where the maximum number of > ports is larger than the hard coded default (64). Series applied, thanks Ido.