From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net,
edumazet@google.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3] tools: ynl: introduce option to process unknown attributes or types
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:46:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231026074638.2a5e02b7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231026074120.6c1b9fb5@kernel.org>
On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 07:41:20 -0700 Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > What is "type" and "len" good for here?
>
> I already gave you a longer explanation, if you don't like the
> duplication, how about you stop keying them on a (stringified?!) id.
Let's step back, why do you needs this?
Is what you're trying to decode inherently un-typed?
Or is it truly just for ease of writing specs for old families?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-10-26 14:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-10-25 9:57 [patch net-next v3] tools: ynl: introduce option to process unknown attributes or types Jiri Pirko
2023-10-26 0:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-26 5:42 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-10-26 14:41 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-26 14:46 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-10-26 16:24 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-10-26 16:25 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-10-26 19:30 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-10-27 8:36 ` Jiri Pirko
2023-10-27 14:08 ` Jakub Kicinski
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