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

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 16:13:17 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     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" <vivien.didelot@...il.com>,
        "f.fainelli@...il.com" <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 1/3] devlink: Introduce PCI PF port flavour and
 port attribute



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:05 PM
> To: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Cc: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>; Jakub Kicinski
> <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>; Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>;
> 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
> 
> Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 04:09:58PM CEST, andrew@...n.ch wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> Okay. Makes sense.
> 
Ok. I should probably update the comment section for port_number as its scope is expanded.
Should I revise the series with updated comment?

> >
> >       Andrew