netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] devlink: Introduce PCI PF port flavour and port attribute

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Message-ID: <20190703140958.GB18473@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 16:09:58 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Cc:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] devlink: Introduce PCI PF port flavour and
 port attribute

> However, we expose it for DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_CPU and
> DEVLINK_PORT_FLAVOUR_DSA. Not sure if it makes sense there either.
> Ccing Florian, Andrew and Vivien.
> What do you guys think?

Hi Jiri

DSA and CPU ports are physical ports of the switch. And there can be
multiple DSA ports, and maybe sometime real soon now, multiple CPU
ports. So having a number associated with them is useful.

       Andrew