From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34641ECAAA1 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 07:48:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231611AbiIIHsT (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Sep 2022 03:48:19 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47974 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231346AbiIIHr4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Sep 2022 03:47:56 -0400 Received: from mail-lj1-x22f.google.com (mail-lj1-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::22f]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4093A12A329; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 00:44:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lj1-x22f.google.com with SMTP id z20so855148ljq.3; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:44:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=4XMjwR+ZVeD0USbUtiJHh3TkUmGAdp/KlppcqPAVl1E=; b=choRwB5G8477CiDOj2pqYwuD9m2AS55XMrKVnGig2OvBR1eCq7RxsLzpulqA2nYZlr E2hpeVWo6QP+Y+giRj6Mo/4a2a2Z7qjEVOpMDBskCPg2wKXbgwyISJPPn0cNctE1wrGw TVCidUSbPePmCrcfapYi5hkVK1Ch/gtJPWc8Iyzw5t5gbIHtqe2B9NsYmWKomNR9z+/s f/nln8Dpka3XLbqD68Ew6Oqcz26dqOj78HsrbkiV6QRaxaXJZcXNYpYlo2TQAT0x3bcC yujyILzBlabLOZRRwsDig5/kX2aV/ivVW/h00aedB6cNghw+WbH7VBBJnUr094Or/qTp Zb9A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date; bh=4XMjwR+ZVeD0USbUtiJHh3TkUmGAdp/KlppcqPAVl1E=; b=Uw9qqC9hZut9D5lQn/XjVlX4FfyaSMl8+Y+QxpiOXVYBYp+2hrfSc3PA4Bk+dCtA95 LSdnfS4WwAQJzwuP0v38y7YgVqD3NXIHDZq24sdWsORQwlozhoM7pEbuwURyucAsxp1f pH0Xcq1+b/N4In7duI2Nemz32amsmNSqQ9x8N6DCc7eozSVurbW3t+HlJ1gdQeQnoo7C p9OEradu35r2lI+r5GJ9EtxXIIDB0dXzF3OCEgt5W8zwuqpCFGDIR9cbJFNckUl+8jo5 u6+9jGw592bxc2ExzX8YWYo4ragGUItfMTpAH3wydOcZ1jt19VlPxsoLSjEFB1W1z7x8 DiUw== X-Gm-Message-State: ACgBeo0QO2TYcmIjMbrjDbs8OSTq/eyr0OfcParLD4Dp8E4kKWzHsx/0 0bNO5rBu7EnLQnR83CbTgew= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA6agR7+yVTqO60RqNzHeqffx6oFD+WICAw4ojvnQWZqe1a8W6jSo+QmECUJX5sc0vEmcnl0zde9oQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:651c:b26:b0:267:18e2:2024 with SMTP id b38-20020a05651c0b2600b0026718e22024mr3764904ljr.409.1662709413556; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:43:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home.paul.comp (paulfertser.info. [2001:470:26:54b:226:9eff:fe70:80c2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q30-20020ac2511e000000b004979ec19387sm153247lfb.305.2022.09.09.00.43.32 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:43:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from home.paul.comp (home.paul.comp [IPv6:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1]) by home.paul.comp (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-22) with ESMTP id 2897hT0H020245; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 10:43:30 +0300 Received: (from paul@localhost) by home.paul.comp (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 2897hRPB020244; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 10:43:27 +0300 Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 10:43:27 +0300 From: Paul Fertser To: Jiaqing Zhao Cc: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Paolo Abeni , netdev@vger.kernel.org, openbmc@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add Intel OS2BMC OEM command Message-ID: References: <20220909025716.2610386-1-jiaqing.zhao@linux.intel.com> <8eabb29b-7302-d0a2-5949-d7aa6bc59809@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8eabb29b-7302-d0a2-5949-d7aa6bc59809@linux.intel.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Hello, On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 03:34:53PM +0800, Jiaqing Zhao wrote: > > Can you please outline some particular use cases for this feature? > > > It enables access between host and BMC when BMC shares the network connection > with host using NCSI, like accessing BMC via HTTP or SSH from host. Why having a compile time kernel option here more appropriate than just running something like "/usr/bin/ncsi-netlink --package 0 --channel 0 --index 3 --oem-payload 00000157200001" (this example uses another OEM command) on BMC userspace startup? -- Be free, use free (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html) software! mailto:fercerpav@gmail.com