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

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Wed Oct 18 2017 - 12:29:09 EST


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?

Andrew