On Thu, 2018-10-11 at 18:07 +0000, justin.l...@dell.com wrote: > The new command (NCSI_CMD_SEND_CMD) is added to allow user space application > to send NC-SI command to the network card. > Also, add a new attribute (NCSI_ATTR_DATA) for transferring request and > response. > > The work flow is as below. > > Request: > User space application > -> Netlink interface (msg) > -> new Netlink handler - ncsi_send_cmd_nl() > -> ncsi_xmit_cmd() > > Response: > Response received - ncsi_rcv_rsp() > -> internal response handler - ncsi_rsp_handler_xxx() > -> ncsi_rsp_handler_netlink() > -> ncsi_send_netlink_rsp () > -> Netlink interface (msg) > -> user space application > > Command timeout - ncsi_request_timeout() > -> ncsi_send_netlink_timeout () > -> Netlink interface (msg with zero data length) > -> user space application > > Error: > Error detected > -> ncsi_send_netlink_err () > -> Netlink interface (err msg) > -> user space application > > > Signed-off-by: Justin Lee <justin.l...@dell.com> >
Reviewed-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <s...@mendozajonas.com>
