From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: Ido Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, pabeni@redhat.com,
jiri@nvidia.com, petrm@nvidia.com, dsahern@gmail.com,
andrew@lunn.ch, mlxsw@nvidia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/11] mlxsw: extend line card model by devices and info
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 10:35:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220526103539.60dcb7f0@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yo9obX5Cppn8GFC4@nanopsycho>
On Thu, 26 May 2022 13:45:49 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >Separate instance:
> >
> > for (i = 0; i < sw->num_lcs; i++) {
> > devlink_register(&sw->lc_dl[i]);
> > devlink_line_card_link(&sw->lc[i], &sw->lc_dl[i]);
> > }
> >
> >then report that under the linecard
> >
> > nla_nest_start(msg, DEVLINK_SUBORDINATE_INSTANCE);
> > devlink_nl_put_handle(msg, lc->devlink);
> > nla_nest_end(msg...)
> >
> >then user can update the linecard like any devlink instance, switch,
> >NIC etc. It's better code reuse and I don't see any downside, TBH.
>
> Okay, I was thinking about this a litle bit more, and I would like to
> explore extending the components path. Exposing the components in
> "devlink dev info" and then using them in "devlink dev flash". LC could
> be just one of multiple potential users of components. Will send RFC
> soon.
Feel free to send a mockup of the devlink user space outputs.
The core code for devlink is just meaningless marshaling anyway.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-26 17:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-25 3:44 [PATCH net-next 00/11] mlxsw: extend line card model by devices and info Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 01/11] devlink: introduce line card devices support Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 02/11] devlink: introduce line card info get message Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 03/11] devlink: introduce line card device info infrastructure Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 04/11] mlxsw: reg: Extend MDDQ by device_info Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 05/11] mlxsw: core_linecards: Probe provisioned line cards for devices and attach them Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 06/11] selftests: mlxsw: Check devices on provisioned line card Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 07/11] mlxsw: core_linecards: Expose HW revision and INI version Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 08/11] selftests: mlxsw: Check line card info on provisioned line card Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 09/11] mlxsw: reg: Extend MDDQ device_info by FW version fields Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 10/11] mlxsw: core_linecards: Expose device FW version over device info Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 3:44 ` [PATCH net-next 11/11] selftests: mlxsw: Check device info on activated line card Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 9:50 ` [PATCH net-next 00/11] mlxsw: extend line card model by devices and info patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
2022-04-25 16:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-25 19:39 ` Ido Schimmel
2022-04-25 19:52 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-26 6:57 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 12:11 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-04-26 12:36 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 12:41 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-26 14:00 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 14:51 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-27 7:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-27 14:14 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-29 11:51 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-29 18:45 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-29 19:29 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-29 22:38 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-04-30 6:27 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-02 14:39 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-23 9:42 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-23 17:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-24 6:46 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-24 14:31 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-24 18:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-25 6:20 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-25 15:50 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-26 9:05 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-26 10:47 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-26 11:45 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-26 17:35 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2022-05-27 7:27 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-28 0:10 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-28 9:09 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-28 19:02 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-29 9:23 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-30 19:54 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-31 7:11 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-31 15:05 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-31 15:51 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-31 16:08 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-05-31 19:34 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-31 22:41 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-06-01 7:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-28 15:58 ` David Ahern
2022-05-29 9:24 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-05-31 2:11 ` David Ahern
2022-05-31 7:05 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 15:24 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-04-27 7:37 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 6:47 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 12:27 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-04-26 12:41 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 13:45 ` Andrew Lunn
2022-04-26 14:05 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-04-26 15:36 ` Andrew Lunn
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