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

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Message-ID: <58669503.2070502@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 30 Dec 2016 09:10:27 -0800
From:   "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>
To:     Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.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 12/30/2016 7:43 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote:
> 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?
Nothing missing.  legacy way of controlling the VF link state is 
supported even in switchdev mode
until it is deprecated.