Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 09:23:31AM CET, and...@lunn.ch wrote: >> >$ devlink resource show pci/0000:03:00.0 >> >pci/0000:03:00.0: >> > name kvd size 245760 size_valid true >> > resources: >> > name linear size 98304 occ 0 >> > name hash_double size 60416 >> > name hash_single size 87040 >> > >> >So this 2700 has 3 resources that can be managed -- some table or >> >resource or something named 'kvd' with linear, hash_double and >> >hash_single sub-resources. What are these names referring too? The above >> >output gives no description, and 'kvd' is not an industry term. Further, >> >> This are internal resources specific to the ASIC. Would you like some >> description to each or something like that? > >The fact you have decided to expose them means you expect people to >change them. So yes, they need to be documented. Maybe add something >to Documentation/ABI/stable/ > >> So the showed relation to dpipe table would be enougn or you would still >> like to see some description? I don't like the description concept here >> as the relations to dpipe table should tell user exactly what he needs >> to know. > >Documenting the ABI is good practice.
This is misunderstanding I believe. This is not about ABI. That is well defined by the netlink attributes. This is about meaning of particular ASIC-specific internal resources. > > Andrew >
