Re: [PATCH 1/2] vdpa: support set mac address from vdpa tool

[Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>]

Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 08:49:25AM CEST, mst@redhat.com wrote:
>On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 09:22:32AM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 09:15:44AM CEST, mst@redhat.com wrote:
>> >On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 08:29:53AM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> >> Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 03:58:10AM CEST, kuba@kernel.org wrote:
>> >> >On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:32:32 +0800 Cindy Lu wrote:
>> >> >> Add new UAPI to support the mac address from vdpa tool
>> >> >> Function vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_config_set_doit() will get the
>> >> >> MAC address from the vdpa tool and then set it to the device.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> The usage is: vdpa dev set name vdpa_name mac **:**:**:**:**:**
>> >> >
>> >> >Why don't you use devlink?
>> >> 
>> >> Fair question. Why does vdpa-specific uapi even exist? To have
>> >> driver-specific uapi Does not make any sense to me :/
>> >
>> >I am not sure which uapi do you refer to? The one this patch proposes or
>> >the existing one?
>> 
>> Sure, I'm sure pointing out, that devlink should have been the answer
>> instead of vdpa netlink introduction. That ship is sailed,
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>> now we have
>> unfortunate api duplication which leads to questions like Jakub's one.
>> That's all :/
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>Yea there's no point to argue now, there were arguments this and that
>way.  I don't think we currently have a lot
>of duplication, do we?

True. I think it would be good to establish guidelines for api
extensions in this area.

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