netdev - Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to trust VF

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Message-ID: <5565F91B.8080405@solarflare.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 May 2015 18:04:27 +0100
From:	Edward Cree <ecree@...arflare.com>
To:	"Rose, Gregory V" <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>
CC:	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
	"jogreene@...hat.com" <jogreene@...hat.com>,
	"Linux Netdev List" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Choi, Sy Jong" <sy.jong.choi@...el.com>,
	Rony Efraim <ronye@...lanox.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
	"sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] ixgbe: Add new ndo to trust VF

On 27/05/15 16:55, Rose, Gregory V wrote:
> There's nothing to prevent any vendor from notifying a VF that it has privileges and there's nothing that require that they do.  This should be a vendor specific detail.
Agreed - purely a driver implementation detail.
> So now that I've stated my preference let me also state that I do not want to hold up acceptance of the Hiroshi's if_link patch that sets the trusted/privileged state for the VF while we further discuss this driver specific detail.
Agreed.
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