netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] Add mlx5 subfunction support

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Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:52:26 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, <jiri@...dia.com>, <jgg@...dia.com>,
        <dledford@...hat.com>, <leonro@...dia.com>, <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] Add mlx5 subfunction support

On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:24:10 +0200 Parav Pandit wrote:
> This series introduces support for mlx5 subfunction (SF).
> A subfunction is a portion of a PCI device that supports multiple
> classes of devices such as netdev, RDMA and more.
> 
> This patchset is based on Leon's series [3].
> It is a third user of proposed auxiliary bus [4].
> 
> Subfunction support is discussed in detail in RFC [1] and [2].
> RFC [1] and extension [2] describes requirements, design, and proposed
> plumbing using devlink, auxiliary bus and sysfs for systemd/udev
> support.

So we're going to have two ways of adding subdevs? Via devlink and via
the new vdpa netlink thing?

Question number two - is this supposed to be ready to be applied to
net-next? It seems there is a conflict.

Also could you please wrap your code at 80 chars?

Thanks.