Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 06:25:51PM CEST, k...@kernel.org wrote: >On Wed, 19 Aug 2020 17:18:15 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote: >>>>> I will add counters on which reload were done. reload_down()/up() can >>>>> return >>>>> which actions were actually done and devlink will show counters. >>>> Why a counter? Just return what was done over netlink reply. >>> >>> Such counters can be useful for debugging, telling which reload actions were >>> done on this dev from the point it was up. >> >> Not sure why this is any different from other commands... > >Good question, perhaps because reset is more "dangerous"? The question >of "what reset this NIC" does come up in practice. With live activation >in the mix, knowing if the NIC FW was live activated will be very >useful for dissecting failures, I'd imagine.
Okay, fair enough. Yet, I think that the info in the reply as I suggested would be also nice to have, while we are at it.
