netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 10/10] bnxt_en: add support for port_attr_get and and get_phys_port

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Message-ID: <20170725152754.1cab06a6@cakuba.netronome.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:27:54 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kubakici@...pl>
To:     Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 10/10] bnxt_en: add support for port_attr_get
 and and get_phys_port_name

On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:25:19 +0530, Sathya Perla wrote:
> >> Suggested naming convention is "swXpYsZ", where X is the switch name or ID, Y
> >> is the port name or ID, and Z is the sub-port name or ID.  For example, sw1p1s0
> >> would be sub-port 0 on port 1 on switch 1.  
> >
> > So for physical ports the convention is p<port_id>, and in case of
> > breakout p<port_id>s<subport_id>.  
> 
> I'm sending a follow-up patch that fixes the naming for both the
> external port and the VF-reps as proposed in your RFC ( switchdev:
> clarify ndo_get_phys_port_name() formats)

Thanks!