netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next V2 08/16] net/devlink: Add E-Switch mode control

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Message-ID: <20160630154000.GF2569@nanopsycho.orion>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2016 17:40:00 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Hadar Hen-Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V2 08/16] net/devlink: Add E-Switch mode control

Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 05:23:27PM CEST, saeedm@...lanox.com wrote:
>From: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
>
>Add the commands to set and show the mode of SRIOV E-Switch, two modes
>are supported:
>
>* legacy: operating in the "old" L2 based mode (DMAC --> VF vport)
>
>* switchdev: the E-Switch is referred to as whitebox switch configured
>using standard tools such as tc, bridge, openvswitch etc. To allow
>working with the tools, for each VF, a VF representor netdevice is
>created by the E-Switch manager vendor device driver instance (e.g PF).
>
>Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
>Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>

Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>