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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v2 01/13] devlink: Add reload action option
 to devlink reload command
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, Moshe Shemesh <moshe@mellanox.com>
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On 8/17/2020 7:36 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:37:40AM CEST, moshe@mellanox.com wrote:
>> Add devlink reload action to allow the user to request a specific reload
>> action. The action parameter is optional, if not specified then devlink
>> driver re-init action is used (backward compatible).
>> Note that when required to do firmware activation some drivers may need
>> to reload the driver. On the other hand some drivers may need to reset
> Sounds reasonable. I think it would be good to indicate that though. Not
> sure how...


Maybe counters on the actions done ? Actually such counters can be 
useful on debug, knowing what reloads we had since driver was up.

>
>> the firmware to reinitialize the driver entities.
>> Reload actions supported are:
>> driver_reinit: driver entities re-initialization, applying devlink-param
>>                and devlink-resource values.
>> fw_activate: firmware activate.
>> fw_live_patch: firmware live patching.
>>