From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
michael.chan@broadcom.com, Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 1/6] devlink: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' generic parameter.
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 08:19:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200601061919.GB2282@nanopsycho> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1590908625-10952-2-git-send-email-vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com>
Sun, May 31, 2020 at 09:03:40AM CEST, vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com wrote:
>This parameter controls the device's live reset capability. When
>enabled, a user can issue a separate command like 'ethtool --reset'
>or 'devlink dev reload' to reset the entire device in real time.
>
>This parameter can be useful, if the user wants to upgrade the
>firmware quickly with a momentary network outage.
>
>For example, if a user flashes a new firmware image and if this
>parameter is enabled, the user can immediately initiate reset of
>the device, to load the new firmware without reloading the driver
>manually or resetting the system.
>
>Cc: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
>Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
>Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara-v.volam@broadcom.com>
>Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
NAck, please see the comment I wrote as a reply to the cover letter.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-01 6:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-31 7:03 [PATCH v3 net-next 0/6] bnxt_en: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' and 'allow_live_dev_reset' generic devlink params Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-31 7:03 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 1/6] devlink: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' generic parameter Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 6:19 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2020-05-31 7:03 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 2/6] devlink: Add 'allow_live_dev_reset' " Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-31 7:03 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 3/6] bnxt_en: Use 'enable_live_dev_reset' devlink parameter Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-31 7:03 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 4/6] bnxt_en: Update firmware spec. to 1.10.1.40 Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-31 7:03 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 5/6] bnxt_en: Use 'allow_live_dev_reset' devlink parameter Vasundhara Volam
2020-05-31 7:03 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 6/6] bnxt_en: Check if fw_live_reset is allowed before doing ETHTOOL_RESET Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 6:18 ` [PATCH v3 net-next 0/6] bnxt_en: Add 'enable_live_dev_reset' and 'allow_live_dev_reset' generic devlink params Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01 6:43 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01 8:58 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 9:52 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01 10:08 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 10:27 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01 10:04 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01 15:31 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 23:24 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-06-02 6:31 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-06 14:18 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 9:58 ` Jiri Pirko
2020-06-01 10:12 ` Vasundhara Volam
2020-06-01 23:20 ` Jakub Kicinski
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