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Message-ID: <CALgkqUpFST=oiS+yAFpkCiRS6JPqVg9R7_+3GMNvWoVnB_zoXg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 6 Jul 2017 15:24:33 +0100
From:   Greg Rose <gvrose8192@...il.com>
To:     "Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
Cc:     Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...nic.de>,
        "intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/2] i40e/i40evf: rename
 vf_offload_flags to vf_cap_flags in struct virtchnl_vf_resource

On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Wyborny, Carolyn
<carolyn.wyborny@...el.com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@...osl.org] On Behalf
> > Of Stefan Assmann
> > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2017 6:12 AM
> > To: intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org
> > Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; davem@...emloft.net; sassmann@...nic.de
> > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/2] i40e/i40evf: rename vf_offload_flags to
> > vf_cap_flags in struct virtchnl_vf_resource
> >
> > The current name of vf_offload_flags indicates that the bitmap is
> > limited to offload related features. Make this more generic by renaming
> > it to vf_cap_flags, which allows for other capabilities besides
> > offloading to be added.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...nic.de>
> > ---
>
> Hello Stefan,
>
> Thanks for the patch series, but we believe the vf should be ignorant of its trusted status.

Hi Carolyn,

Might I ask why?

Thanks,

- Greg