netdev - Re: [patch net-next rfc 10/15] netdevsim: merge sdev into dev

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Message-ID: <20190416084933.GA2122@nanopsycho>
Date:   Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:49:33 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next rfc 10/15] netdevsim: merge sdev into dev

Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:49:46PM CEST, jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:21:07 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>> 
>> As previously introduce dev which is mapped 1:1 to a bus device covers
>> the purpose of the original shared device, merge the sdev code into dev.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
>
>One ASIC may have multiple bus devices.  sdev is ASIC.

Yeah, that is a generic problem. That would be job for "devlink aliases".