From: "Mintz, Yuval" <yuval.mi...@cavium.com> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:09:28 +0000
>> > Dump some internal state about VFs through debugfs. This provides >> > information not available with 'ip link show'. >> >> such as? >> >> donnwantobethedebugfspolice, but still, in the 2-3 times we tried to push >> debugfs to MLNX NIC drivers, Dave disallowed that, and lately the switch >> team even went further and deleted that portion of the mlxsw driver -- all to >> all, I don't see much point for these type of changes, thoughts? > > Don't want to hikjack your thread, but continuing this topic - > Is there some flat-out disapproval for debugfs in net-next now? > > We're currently internally engaged with adding qed support for register dumps > [~equivalents for `ethtool -d' outputs] through debugfs, on behalf of storage > drivers [qedi/qedf] lacking the API for doing that. I really hate to see debugfs things in networking drivers. It's a complete cop out for doing things properly. I push back, but I can only fight too much. If people want to keep adding stupid poorly designed crap endlessly to their drivers there is only so much I can do...
