| Date | Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:38:43 -0700 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 00/17] ethtool netlink interface (WiP) |
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On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:07:47 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: > >- find reasonable format for data transfers (e.g. eeprom dump or flash); > > I don't have clear idea how big these can get and if 64 KB limit on > > attribute size (including nested ones) is a problem; if so, dumps can > > be an answer for dumps, some kind of multi-message requests would be > > needed for flashes > > This is another thing that should go into devlink as it is not > netdev-handled. We have now a "region" facility there which can be > re-used.
+1 regions should cover the current use cases and are a better API IMHO.
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