>On 9/28/18, 11:16 AM, "justin.l...@dell.com" <justin.l...@dell.com> wrote:
> The new command (NCSI_CMD_SEND_CMD) is added to allow user space
application
> to send NC-SI command to the network card.
> Also, add a new attribute (NCSI_ATTR_DATA) for transferring request and
response.
>
> The work flow is as below.
>
> Request:
> User space application -> Netlink interface (msg)
-> new Netlink handler -
ncsi_send_cmd_nl()
-> ncsi_xmit_cmd()
> Response:
> Response received - ncsi_rcv_rsp() -> internal response handler -
ncsi_rsp_handler_xxx()
->
ncsi_rsp_handler_netlink()
->
ncsi_send_netlink_rsp ()
->
Netlink interface (msg)
->
user space application
> Command timeout - ncsi_request_timeout() -> ncsi_send_netlink_timeout ()
-> Netlink interface (msg with zero data length)
-> user space application
> Error:
> Error detected -> ncsi_send_netlink_err () -> Netlink interface (err msg)
-> user space application
I will request to keep 2 patch, one for OEM handler and other one for
netlink user space handling.
