netdev - Re: [net-next 15/15] net/mlx5: Implement management PF Ethernet profile

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:25:33 -0800
From: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
To: "Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@....com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Armen Ratner <armeng@...dia.com>,
	Daniel Jurgens <danielj@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 15/15] net/mlx5: Implement management PF Ethernet
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On 20 Dec 18:45, Nelson, Shannon wrote:
>On 12/20/2023 4:57 PM, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
>>
>>From: Armen Ratner <armeng@...dia.com>
>>
>>Add management PF modules, which introduce support for the structures
>>needed to create the resources for the MGMT PF to work.
>>Also, add the necessary calls and functions to establish this
>>functionality.
>
>Hmmm.... this reminds me of a previous discussion:
>https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20200305140322.2dc86db0@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN/
>

Maybe we should have made it clear here as well, this management PF just
exposes a netdev on the embedded ARM that will be used to communicate
with the device onboard BMC via NC-SI, so it meant to be used
only by standard tools.

Thanks,
Saeed.


>sln
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