Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-28 Thread Vijay Khemka
On 9/26/18, 8:44 PM, "Samuel Mendoza-Jonas" wrote: >Hi Vijay, >Having had a chance to take a closer look, there is probably room for > both this patchset and Justin's potential changes to coexist; while > Justin's is a more general solution for sending arbitrary commands, the

RE: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-27 Thread Justin.Lee1
> Thanks for the overview. We look forward to your patches; please > include the same cc list as this series. > I think it makes sense to have some OEM NCSI handing purely in the > kenrel. This would allow eg. the MAC address of an interface to be > correct at boot, without requiring userspace

Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-26 Thread Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
On Thu, 2018-09-27 at 13:43 +1000, Samuel Mendoza-Jonas wrote: > On Mon, 2018-09-24 at 17:08 -0700, Vijay Khemka wrote: > > This patch adds OEM command to get mac address from NCSI device and and > > configure the same to the network card. > > > > ncsi_cmd_arg - Modified this structure to include

Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-26 Thread Joel Stanley
On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 at 00:39, wrote: > > > > As I understand Justin's version adds a generic handler, using the NCSI > > > Netlink interface to pass OEM commands and responses to and from > > > userspace, which does the actual packet handling. > > Thanks for the direction Sam! Justin, if you

RE: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-26 Thread Justin.Lee1
> > As I understand Justin's version adds a generic handler, using the NCSI > > Netlink interface to pass OEM commands and responses to and from > > userspace, which does the actual packet handling. > Thanks for the direction Sam! Justin, if you don't mind, can you share the > patches you have

Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-26 Thread Vijay Khemka
>Hi Vijay, > Thanks for the patch; before I get too into a review though I'd like to > loop in Justin (cc'd) who I know is also working on an OEM command patch. > The changes here are very specific (eg. a command specific config option > "CONFIG_NCSI_OEM_CMD_GET_MAC"), which is ok

Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-25 Thread Samuel Mendoza-Jonas
On Tue, 2018-09-25 at 18:16 +, Vijay Khemka wrote: > Hi Joel, > Thanks, I am adding netdev mailing list here. > Yes, this command is supported for all Mellanox card. It is as per Mellanox > specification. > > Regards > -Vijay Hi Vijay, Thanks for the patch; before I get too into a review

Re: [PATCH] net/ncsi: Add NCSI OEM command for FB Tiogapass

2018-09-25 Thread Vijay Khemka
Hi Joel, Thanks, I am adding netdev mailing list here. Yes, this command is supported for all Mellanox card. It is as per Mellanox specification. Regards -Vijay On 9/24/18, 5:30 PM, "Joel Stanley" wrote: Hi Vijay, On Tue, 25 Sep 2018 at 09:39, Vijay Khemka wrote: > >