netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] ibmvnic: Provide documentation for ACL sysfs files

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Message-ID: <20200831131158.03ac2d86@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Mon, 31 Aug 2020 13:11:58 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, drt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, ljp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        cforno12@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] ibmvnic: Provide documentation for ACL
 sysfs files

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:54:06 -0500 Thomas Falcon wrote:
> On 8/31/20 2:26 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:58:13 -0500 Thomas Falcon wrote:  
> >> Provide documentation for ibmvnic device Access Control List
> >> files.  
> > What API is used to set those parameters in the first place?
> >  
> These parameters are specified in the system's IBM Hardware Management 
> Console (HMC) when the VNIC device is create.

The new attributes are visible in the "guest" OS, correct?

This seems similar to normal SR-IOV operation, but I've not heard of
use cases for them VM to know what its pvid is. Could you elaborate?