netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 5/6] i40e: Add TX and RX support in switchdev mode.

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Date:   Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:33:48 +0000
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
        Anjali Singhai Jain <anjali.singhai@...el.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 5/6] i40e: Add TX and RX support in switchdev mode.

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Sridhar Samudrala
> <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com> wrote:
>> A host based switching entity like a linux bridge or OVS redirects these frames
>> to the right VFs via VFPR netdevs. Any frames sent via VFPR netdevs are sent as
>> directed transmits to the corresponding VFs. To enable directed transmit, skb
>> metadata dst is used to pass the VF id and the frame is requeued to call the PFs
>> transmit routine.
>
> Jakub/John, patch #4 which didn't appear in the list had a long discussion [1]
> ending  with "lets talk on it @ netdev", did we?

I spoke to a few people, but nobody had much to say about it back then :(

Noob question: can we somehow "debug" why a patch is not appearing on
a vger list?