Re: [PATCH net-next RFC 01/13] devlink: Add reload level option to devlink reload command

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 16:14:42 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >devlink dev reload [ net-ns-respawn { PID | NAME | ID } ] [ driver-param-init
> >] [ fw-activate [ --live] ]  
> 
> Jakub, why do you prefer to have another extra level-specific option
> "live"? I think it is clear to have it as a separate level. The behaviour
> of the operation is quite different.

I was trying to avoid having to provide a Cartesian product of
operation and system disruption level, if any other action can
be done "live" at some point.

But no strong feelings about that one.

Really, as long as there is no driver-specific defaults (or as 
little driver-specific anything as possible) and user actions 
are clearly expressed (fw-reset does not necessarily imply
fw-activation) - the API will be fine IMO.