From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel•org>
To: Danielle Ratson <danieller@nvidia•com>
Cc: <netdev@vger•kernel.org>, <davem@davemloft•net>,
<edumazet@google•com>, <pabeni@redhat•com>, <corbet@lwn•net>,
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<jiri@resnulli•us>, <linux-doc@vger•kernel.org>,
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<petrm@nvidia•com>, <idosch@nvidia•com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 3/9] ethtool: Add an interface for flashing transceiver modules' firmware
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:50:46 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240122205046.5bb0ffe7@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240122084530.32451-4-danieller@nvidia.com>
On Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:45:24 +0200 Danielle Ratson wrote:
> +The firmware update process can take several minutes to complete. Therefore,
> +during the update process notifications are emitted from the kernel to user
> +space updating it about the status and progress.
We should state more explicitly that the op just starts the process,
and does not block. Looks like cable test already uses _ACT as a
suffix, is it based on some standard? Doesn't seem all that intuitive
to me (or at least less intuitive than calling it _START...)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-23 4:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-22 8:45 [RFC PATCH net-next 0/9] Add ability to flash modules' firmware Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 1/9] ethtool: Add ethtool operation to write to a transceiver module EEPROM Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 17:03 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2024-01-24 13:10 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-25 20:26 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-01-25 20:45 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-01-30 7:43 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-31 11:51 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 2/9] mlxsw: Implement " Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 3/9] ethtool: Add an interface for flashing transceiver modules' firmware Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 1:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-01-23 4:50 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2024-01-23 13:34 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 15:53 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 4/9] ethtool: Add flashing transceiver modules' firmware notifications ability Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 5/9] include: netdevice: Add module firmware flashing in progress flag to net_device Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 6/9] net: sfp: Add more extended compliance codes Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 17:09 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 7/9] ethtool: cmis_cdb: Add a layer for supporting CDB commands Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 10:31 ` Simon Horman
2024-01-22 14:35 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 20:03 ` Simon Horman
2024-01-23 17:17 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2024-01-30 7:55 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 8/9] ethtool: cmis_fw_update: add a layer for supporting firmware update using CDB Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 4:44 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-01-23 12:08 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 5:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-01-22 8:45 ` [RFC PATCH net-next 9/9] ethtool: Add ability to flash transceiver modules' firmware Danielle Ratson
2024-01-22 10:37 ` Simon Horman
2024-01-22 15:25 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 5:05 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-01-23 13:05 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-23 15:49 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-01-24 15:46 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-24 17:06 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-01-23 16:27 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2024-01-24 13:11 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-25 21:03 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-01-31 15:48 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-31 15:52 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-01-31 16:30 ` Andrew Lunn
2024-04-08 12:50 ` Danielle Ratson
2024-04-08 23:53 ` Andrew Lunn
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