Subject: Re: [patch net-next 00/11] mlxsw: Implement dev info and dev flash for line cards

From: Ido Schimmel <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:03:52 +0300

On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 07:40:34PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 11:13:35AM CEST, [email-masked] wrote:
> >On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 02:33:15PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >> $ devlink dev flash auxiliary/mlxsw_core.lc.0 file mellanox/fw-AGB-rel-19_2010_1312-022-EVB.mfa2
> >
> >How is this firmware activated? It is usually done after reload, but I
> >don't see reload implementation for the line card devlink instance.
> 
> Currently, only devlink dev reload of the whole mlxsw instance or
> unprovision/provision of a line card.

OK, please at least mention it in the commit message that adds flashing
support.

What about implementing reload support as unprovision/provision?