This patchset adds support for configuration parameters setting through devlink_port. Each device registers supported configuration parameters table.
The user can retrieve data on these parameters by "devlink port param show" command and can set new value to a parameter by "devlink port param set" command. All configuration modes supported by devlink_dev are supported by devlink_port also. Command examples and output: # devlink port param show pci/0000:3b:00.0/0: name wake-on-lan type generic values: cmode permanent value false pci/0000:3b:00.1/1: name wake-on-lan type generic values: cmode permanent value false pci/0000:af:00.0/0: name wake-on-lan type generic values: cmode permanent value true # devlink port param show pci/0000:3b:00.0/0 name wake-on-lan pci/0000:3b:00.0/0: name wake-on-lan type generic values: cmode permanent value false # devlink port param set pci/0000:3b:00.0/0 name wake-on-lan cmode permanent value true v1->v2: Make following changes as per suggestions from Jiri Pirko. - Remove separate enum devlink_port_param_generic_id for port params. Instead club it with existing device params. Accordingly refactor remaining patchset. - Move INIT_LIST_HEAD of port param_list to devlink_port_register() - Add a helper devlink_param_verify() to be used for both devlink_params_register() and devlink_port_params_register(). - Add a helper __devlink_params_unregister() for common code in devlink_params_unregister() and devlink_port_params_unregister(). - Move DEVLINK_CMD_PORT_PARAM_XXX definitions to the end of the enum. - Split the patches for devlink_port_param_driverinit_value_get() and devlink_port_param_driverinit_value_set() into separate patches. - define DEVLINK_PARAM_GENERIC_ID_WOL type as u8 and define enum for different types of WOL. Accordingly modify bnxt_en patch to validate wol type. Vasundhara Volam (8): devlink: Add devlink_param for port register and unregister devlink: Add port param get command devlink: Add port param set command devlink: Add support for driverinit get value for devlink_port devlink: Add support for driverinit set value for devlink_port devlink: Add devlink notifications support for port params devlink: Add a generic port parameter bnxt_en: Add bnxt_en initial port params table and register it drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.c | 44 ++- drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_devlink.h | 1 + include/net/devlink.h | 65 ++++ include/uapi/linux/devlink.h | 5 + net/core/devlink.c | 452 ++++++++++++++++++---- 6 files changed, 498 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) -- 1.8.3.1