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Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 08:00:58 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 0/5] mlx5 ConnectX control misc driver
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 09:53:14PM +0100, Edward Cree wrote:
> On 04/04/2024 21:25, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > For instance there is a bunch that configure the UEFI option
> > rom. Various devices can PXE boot, iSCSI boot and so on.
> 
> Sounds like a perfect example of something that should have a
>  standardised cross-vendor configuration mechanism, rather than
>  every vendor having its own special tool as is sadly the case
>  today.

Sure, I imagine exploring this kind of commonality in userspace with a
fwctl based tool. The kernel is the wrong layer to do it.

Jason