On Fri, Dec 02, 2016 at 12:27:25AM +0100, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote: > I really like that. Would you mind adding this?
Yes. I'll send another version to Jiri today after testing and hopefully we can submit today / tomorrow. I think Linus is still undecided about -rc8 and I would like to get this in 4.10. > >> Quick follow-up question: How can I quickly find out the hw limitations > >> via the kernel api? > > > > That's a good question. Currently, you can't. However, we already have a > > mechanism in place to read device's capabilities from the firmware and > > we can (and should) expose some of them to the user. The best API for > > that would be devlink, as it can represent the entire device as opposed > > to only a port netdev like other tools. > > > > We're also working on making the pipeline more visible to the user, so > > that it would be easier for users to understand and debug their > > networks. I believe a colleague of mine (Matty) presented this during > > the last netdev conference. > > Thanks, I will look it up! Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwzaKXWIelc&feature=youtu.be&list=PLrninrcyMo3IkTvpvM2LK6gn4NdbFhI0G&t=6892
