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. If we are not able to use ethtool to reset such portions of the NIC we will need to create some other API that allows us to do so. Please suggest alternatives. See patch for proposed bit define using ethtool.
Please comment on the best way to add reset support for Next-gen NIC devices that contain an application processor (AP). Scott Branden (1): net: ethtool: add support for reset of AP inside NIC interface. include/uapi/linux/ethtool.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) -- 2.5.0