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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 17:18:22 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] net: hns3: Adds support of debugfs to HNS3
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> Agreed. But what about if we want to expose anything related to
> firmware to user-space using the debugfs, assuming we are presenting
> information in structured way and not as a black-box to some user-space
> application. Is it something which might be discouraged?

Hi Salil

Please take a look at devlink. Mellonex have been adding commands to
it for dumping firmware states.

   Andrew