netdev - Re: [patch net-next v2 1/3] net: add ndo to get id of physical port of the device

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Message-ID: <20130722112921.GA4511@fedora18-dev.oslab.blr.amer.dell.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jul 2013 04:29:50 -0700
From:	<Narendra_K@...l.com>
To:	<jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:	<or.gerlitz@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<davem@...emloft.net>, <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	<bhutchings@...arflare.com>, <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v2 1/3] net: add ndo to get id of physical port
 of the device

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 02:32:30AM +0530, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> 
> Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 10:26:32PM CEST, or.gerlitz@...il.com wrote:
> >On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
> >>
> >> This patch adds a ndo for getting physical port of the device. Driver
> >> which is aware of being virtual function of some physical port should
> >> implement this ndo.
> >
> >
> >Do you mean virtual function literally?  that is in the PCI IOV aspect?
> 
> This is applicable not only for IOV, nbut for other solutions (NPAR,
> multichannel) as well. Basically if there is possible to have multiple
> netdevs on the single hw port.

I think it would be useful to include this information in the commit
message.

-- 
With regards,
Narendra K
Linux Engineering
Dell Inc.
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