Re: [PATCH 0/1] net: ethtool: add SmartNIC reset support

[Scott Branden]

Hi Andrew,


On 17-10-18 09:28 AM, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 09:01:35AM -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> > Ethtool provides support for resetting other internal portions of the
> > NIC already.  Seems appropriate to use one of the bits for resetting
> > the application processor (AP) for SmartNICs.
> Hi Scott
>
> Do you also have a management processor on the NIC?
>
> Or is the Application Processor just the Marketing Departments name
> for the management processor?
Yes, there is also a management processor.
In our next gen SmartNIC the "Application processor" may actually
have 8 very powerful cores.
But, if they need to be reset, we reset them all.
> 	   Andrew