Re: [patch net-next v2 0/9] Introduce devlink interface and first drivers to use it

2016-02-25 Thread Jiri Pirko
Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:53:30PM CET, han...@stressinduktion.org wrote: >On 25.02.2016 22:12, Jiri Pirko wrote: >>Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 09:44:43PM CET, han...@stressinduktion.org wrote: >>>On 25.02.2016 21:12, David Miller wrote: From: Jiri Pirko Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:51:25 +0100 >>

Re: [patch net-next v2 0/9] Introduce devlink interface and first drivers to use it

2016-02-25 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
On 25.02.2016 22:12, Jiri Pirko wrote: Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 09:44:43PM CET, han...@stressinduktion.org wrote: On 25.02.2016 21:12, David Miller wrote: From: Jiri Pirko Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:51:25 +0100 There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things that are not

Re: [patch net-next v2 0/9] Introduce devlink interface and first drivers to use it

2016-02-25 Thread Andy Gospodarek
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 03:12:47PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: Jiri Pirko > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:51:25 +0100 > > > There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things > > that are not directly related to any device class like net_device of > > ib_device, but rathe

Re: [patch net-next v2 0/9] Introduce devlink interface and first drivers to use it

2016-02-25 Thread Jiri Pirko
Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 09:44:43PM CET, han...@stressinduktion.org wrote: >On 25.02.2016 21:12, David Miller wrote: >>From: Jiri Pirko >>Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:51:25 +0100 >> >>>There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things >>>that are not directly related to any device

Re: [patch net-next v2 0/9] Introduce devlink interface and first drivers to use it

2016-02-25 Thread Hannes Frederic Sowa
On 25.02.2016 21:12, David Miller wrote: From: Jiri Pirko Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:51:25 +0100 There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things that are not directly related to any device class like net_device of ib_device, but rather chip-wide/switch-ASIC-wide stuff.

Re: [patch net-next v2 0/9] Introduce devlink interface and first drivers to use it

2016-02-25 Thread David Miller
From: Jiri Pirko Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:51:25 +0100 > There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things > that are not directly related to any device class like net_device of > ib_device, but rather chip-wide/switch-ASIC-wide stuff. > > Use cases: > 1) get/set of port t

[patch net-next v2 0/9] Introduce devlink interface and first drivers to use it

2016-02-23 Thread Jiri Pirko
From: Jiri Pirko There a is need for some userspace API that would allow to expose things that are not directly related to any device class like net_device of ib_device, but rather chip-wide/switch-ASIC-wide stuff. Use cases: 1) get/set of port type (Ethernet/InfiniBand) 2) setting up port split