Re: [PATCH net-next RFC v2 01/13] devlink: Add reload action option to devlink reload command

[Moshe Shemesh]

On 8/17/2020 7:36 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:37:40AM CEST, moshe@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Add devlink reload action to allow the user to request a specific reload
> > action. The action parameter is optional, if not specified then devlink
> > driver re-init action is used (backward compatible).
> > Note that when required to do firmware activation some drivers may need
> > to reload the driver. On the other hand some drivers may need to reset
> Sounds reasonable. I think it would be good to indicate that though. Not
> sure how...


Maybe counters on the actions done ? Actually such counters can be 
useful on debug, knowing what reloads we had since driver was up.

> > the firmware to reinitialize the driver entities.
> > Reload actions supported are:
> > driver_reinit: driver entities re-initialization, applying devlink-param
> >                and devlink-resource values.
> > fw_activate: firmware activate.
> > fw_live_patch: firmware live patching.