netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 03/14] bnxt_en: Refactor bnxt_sriov

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Message-ID: <20190830091838.GC12611@unreal>
Date:   Fri, 30 Aug 2019 12:18:38 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        vasundhara-v.volam@...adcom.com, jiri@...lanox.com,
        ray.jui@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 03/14] bnxt_en: Refactor bnxt_sriov_enable().

On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 09:00:45AM +0300, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 11:54:54PM -0400, Michael Chan wrote:
> > Refactor the hardware/firmware configuration portion in
> > bnxt_sriov_enable() into a new function bnxt_cfg_hw_sriov().  This
> > new function can be called after a firmware reset to reconfigure the
> > VFs previously enabled.
>
> I wonder what does it mean for already bound VFs to vfio driver?
> Will you rebind them as well? Can I assume that FW error in one VF
> will trigger "restart" of other VFs too?

Care to reply?


hanks

>
> Thanks