netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Add Nic partitioning mode (57712 devices)

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Date:	Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:40:07 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dmitry@...adcom.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eilong@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2x: Add Nic partitioning mode (57712
 devices)

From: "Dmitry Kravkov" <dmitry@...adcom.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:09:37 +0200

> NIC partitioning is another flavor of multi function - having few
> PCI functions share the same physical port. Unlike the currently
> supported mode of multi-function which depends on the switch
> configuration and uses outer-VLAN, the NPAR mode is switch independent
> and uses the MAC addresses to distribute incoming packets to the different
> functions. This patch adds the specific HW setting of the NPAR mode
> and some distinctions between switch dependent (SD) and
> switch independent (SI) multi-function (MF) modes where the configuration
> is not the same.
> 
> Advance driver version to 1.60.00-6
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kravkov <dmitry@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>

Applied to net-next-2.6, but I expect you to keep discussing the
naming and sysfs issues with Matt Domsch. :-)
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