RE: [RFC PATCH 00/10] net: hns3: Adds support of debugfs to HNS3 driver

[Salil Mehta]

Hi Andrew,

> From: Andrew Lunn [mailto:andrew@xxxxxxx]
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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] net: hns3: Adds support of debugfs to
> HNS3 driver
> 
> > Agreed. But what about if we want to expose anything related to
> > firmware to user-space using the debugfs, assuming we are presenting
> > information in structured way and not as a black-box to some user-
> space
> > application. Is it something which might be discouraged?
> 
> Hi Salil
> 
> Please take a look at devlink. Mellonex have been adding commands to
> it for dumping firmware states.

sure, thanks for the info. Ill check.

Salil.