netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Mellanox, mlx5 sub function support

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Message-ID: <20191107211220.798321c4@cakuba>
Date:   Thu, 7 Nov 2019 21:12:20 -0500
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        "kwankhede@...dia.com" <kwankhede@...dia.com>,
        "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "cohuck@...hat.com" <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/19] Mellanox, mlx5 sub function support

On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 01:49:09 +0000, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > > What I remember discussing offline/mailing list is
> > > (a) exposing mdev/sub fuctions as devlink sub ports is not so good
> > > abstraction
> > > (b) user creating/deleting eswitch sub ports would be hard to fit in
> > > the whole usage model  
> > 
> > Okay, so I can repost the "basic" sub functions?
> >   
> I think so. Would you like post on top of this series as port flavour
> etc would come by default? Also there is vfio/mdev dependency exist
> in this series...

I don't mind the ordering.