netdev - Re: [patch net-next v3 1/3] net: add ndo to get id of physical port of the device

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Message-ID: <20130722180141.GA1498@minipsycho.orion>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:01:41 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	stephen@...workplumber.org, Narendra_K@...l.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, john.r.fastabend@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next v3 1/3] net: add ndo to get id of physical port
 of the device

Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 05:59:37PM CEST, or.gerlitz@...il.com wrote:
>On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 4:05 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. This is applicable not only for IOV, but for other
>> solutions (NPAR, multichannel) as well. Basically if there is possible
>> to have multiple netdevs on the single hw port.
>
>BTW - one thing which can be helpful for the discussion, is to have
>this new ndo actually implemented for a certain driver. Also typically
>we prefer to avoid adding new features at the networking core layer
>without any concrete user. Making some driver to implement a new
>feature is always a good way to see it flies well.

I have almost done implementation for igb/igbvf (consulting with Intel
guys) and I'm working on bnx2x NPAR as well (consulting with Broadcom). I will
post these patches soon.

After that, I plan to work on more drivers.

>
>Or.
>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>> Acked-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
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