netdev - Re: [net-next 07/14] net/mlx5: E-Switch, Update VF vports config when num of VFs changed

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 19:36:38 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Bodong Wang <bodong@...lanox.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 07/14] net/mlx5: E-Switch, Update VF vports config
 when num of VFs changed

On Fri, 13 Mar 2020 18:16:15 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> From: Bodong Wang <bodong@...lanox.com>
> 
> Currently, ECPF eswitch manager does one-time only configuration for
> VF vports when device switches to offloads mode. However, when num of
> VFs changed from host side, driver doesn't update VF vports
> configurations.
> 
> Hence, perform VFs vport configuration update whenever num_vfs change
> event occurs.

Oh, I thought you kept max_vfs number of reprs on the ECPF, always.
Or was that just the initial plan?