Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 4/4] net: devlink: expose the info about version representing a component

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 12:31:21 -0700

On Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:36:01 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 05:01:16AM CEST, [email-masked] wrote:
> >I don't think we should add API without a clear use, let's drop this 
> >as well.  
> 
> What do you mean? This just simply lists components that are possible to
> use with devlink dev flash. What is not clear? I don't follow.

Dumping random internal bits of the kernel is not how we create uAPIs.

Again, what is the scenario in which user space needs to know 
the flashable component today ?