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Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:43:17 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia.com>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <davem@davemloft.net>, <edumazet@google.com>,
 <pabeni@redhat.com>, <idosch@nvidia.com>, <petrm@nvidia.com>,
 <ecree.xilinx@gmail.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ethtool: Monotonically increase the
 message sequence number
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On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:09:34 +0300 Danielle Ratson wrote:
> Currently, during the module firmware flashing process, unicast
> notifications are sent from the kernel using the same sequence number,
> making it impossible for user space to track missed notifications.
> 
> Monotonically increase the message sequence number, so the order of
> notifications could be tracked effectively.

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>