netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 3/6] i40e: Sync link state between VFs and VFPRs

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Date:   Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:43:10 +0200
From:   Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:     Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
Cc:     Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
        Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@...el.com>,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 3/6] i40e: Sync link state between VFs and VFPRs

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Sridhar Samudrala
<sridhar.samudrala@...el.com> wrote:

[..]
> - enable/disable VF link state via ndo_set_vf_link_state will update the
>   admin state of associated VFPR.

why you want to do that? anything missing here w.o using the legacy mode?