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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH net-next v2 00/17] ethtool netlink interface (WiP)
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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