[PATCH net-next] net/ncsi: allow to customize BMC MAC Address offset

[Ben Wei]

> On 8/13/19 9:31 AM, Terry Duncan wrote:
> > Tao, in your new patch will it be possible to disable the setting of the BMC MAC?  I would like to be able to send NCSI_OEM_GET_MAC perhaps with netlink (TBD) to get the system address without it affecting the BMC address.
> > 
> > I was about to send patches to add support for the Intel adapters when I saw this thread.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Terry
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> Sounds like you are planning to configure BMC MAC address from user space via netlink? Ben Wei <benwei at fb.com> started a thread "Out-of-band NIC management" in openbmc community for NCSI management using netlink, and you may follow up with him for details.

Hi Terry, 
Do you plan to monitor and configure NIC through use space programs via netlink?  I'm curious if you have additional use cases.
I had planned to add some daemon in user space to monitor NIC through NC-SI, primarily to log AENs, check link status and retrieve NIC counters.  
We can collaborate on these if they align with your needs as well.  

Also about Intel NIC, do you not plan to derive system address from BMC MAC? Is the BMC MAC independent of system address?

Thanks,
-Ben