netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] Add ndo_set_vf_port

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Message-Id: <20100426.132435.245397555.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:24:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	scofeldm@...co.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, chrisw@...hat.com, arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH 1/2] Add ndo_set_vf_port_profile

From: Scott Feldman <scofeldm@...co.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:27:51 -0700

> We'd need an array of struct ifla_vf_port_profile hanging off of netdev, one
> element for each VF.  That seems like a lot of mem hanging off of netdev,
> and we'd have to define a MAX_VF to size the array.  How about a
> ndo_get_vf_port_profile() that the netdev fills in, and the netdev keeps the
> data in it's private area?  That's how ndo_get_vf_config() is working.

Sure if the device can do it, but for situations where it can't we can
use a linked list and dynamic memory allocation.
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