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Message-ID: <50A28069.1070903@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:16:25 -0800
From:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
To:	Ariel Elior <ariele@...adcom.com>
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	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/3] extend set/get netlink for embedded

>
> This series looks fine from bnx2x point of view.
> The dynamic change from VEB to VEPA will require a firmware change,
> so we might arrive a little late for the party.
> Ariel
>

In the meantime you could enable just the get routines
so the upper layer could learn how your SR-IOV switching
is being done or not done.

My basic expectation is hardware defaults to VEB but
not sure if that is true in all cases.

.John
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