From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@google.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] net: devlink: expose the info about version representing a component
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 10:02:06 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221107100206.1e2f3743@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y2k6SpW9Wu4Ctznm@nanopsycho>
On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 18:03:06 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Oh, my bad. But I think the same justification applies here.
>> Overloading the API with information with no clear use seems
>> counter-productive to me.
>
> Well, it gives the user hint about what he can pass as a "component
> name" on the cmdline. Otherwise, the user has no clue.
The command line contains:
- device
- component (optional)
- fw file to flash
What scenario are you thinking of where the user has the file they want
to flash, intent to flash a particular component only but does not know
whether that component can be flashed?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-07 18:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-04 15:24 [patch net-next] net: devlink: expose the info about version representing a component Jiri Pirko
2022-11-05 2:25 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-11-05 9:26 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-11-07 16:52 ` Jakub Kicinski
2022-11-07 17:03 ` Jiri Pirko
2022-11-07 18:02 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2022-11-08 13:06 ` Jiri Pirko
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