netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 01/19] net/mlx5: E-switch, Move devlink port close to eswitch port

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Date:   Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:51:10 +0100
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Cc:     alex.williamson@...hat.com, davem@...emloft.net,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, saeedm@...lanox.com,
        kwankhede@...dia.com, leon@...nel.org, cohuck@...hat.com,
        jiri@...lanox.com, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 01/19] net/mlx5: E-switch, Move devlink port
 close to eswitch port

Thu, Nov 07, 2019 at 05:08:16PM CET, parav@...lanox.com wrote:
>Currently devlink ports are tied to netdev representor.
>
>mlx5_vport structure is better container of e-switch vport
>compare to mlx5e_rep_priv.
>This enables to extend mlx5_vport easily for mdev flavour.
>
>Hence, move devlink_port from netdev representor to mlx5_vport.
>
>Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
>Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>

Since this patchset has 19 patches, which is quite a lot, I suggest to
push out some preparation patches (like this one) to a separate patchset
that would be sent in prior to this one.