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

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2022 10:02:06 -0800

On Mon, 7 Nov 2022 18:03:06 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Oh, my bad. But I think the same justification applies here.
>> Overloading the API with information with no clear use seems
>> counter-productive to me.  
> 
> Well, it gives the user hint about what he can pass as a "component
> name" on the cmdline. Otherwise, the user has no clue.

The command line contains:
 - device
 - component (optional)
 - fw file to flash

What scenario are you thinking of where the user has the file they want
to flash, intent to flash a particular component only but does not know
whether that component can be flashed?