Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 00/13] Add devlink reload level option

[Jacob Keller]

On 7/27/2020 4:02 AM, Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> Introduce new option on devlink reload API to enable the user to select the
> reload level required. Complete support for all levels in mlx5.
> The following reload levels are supported:
>   driver: Driver entities re-instantiation only. 

So, this is the current support. Ok.

>   fw_reset: Firmware reset and driver entities re-instantiation. 


This would include firmware update? What about differing levels of
device/firmware reset? I.e. I think some of our HW has function level
reset, device wide reset, as well as EMP reset. For us, only EMP reset
would trigger firmware update.

>   fw_live_patch: Firmware live patching only.

This is for update without reset, right?