netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 07/13] net/mlx5: SF, Add auxiliary device support

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Date:   Mon, 7 Dec 2020 04:53:40 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>,
        "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Vu Pham <vuhuong@...dia.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 07/13] net/mlx5: SF, Add auxiliary device support



> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 7, 2020 8:19 AM
> 
> On 11/12/20 12:24 PM, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
> > index 485478979b1a..10dfaf671c90 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
> > @@ -202,3 +202,12 @@ config MLX5_SW_STEERING
> >  	default y
> >  	help
> >  	Build support for software-managed steering in the NIC.
> > +
> > +config MLX5_SF
> > +	bool "Mellanox Technologies subfunction device support using auxiliary
> device"
> > +	depends on MLX5_CORE && MLX5_CORE_EN
> > +	default n
> > +	help
> > +	Build support for subfuction device in the NIC. A Mellanox subfunction
> > +	device can support RDMA, netdevice and vdpa device.
> > +	It is similar to a SRIOV VF but it doesn't require SRIOV support.
> 
> per Dan's comment about AUXILIARY_BUS being select only, should this config
> select AUXILIARY_BUS?
Yes.
However, my patchset depends on patchset [1].
With introduction of patchset [2], MLX5_CORE depends on AUXILIARY_BUS. 
MLX5_SF depends on MLX5_CORE.
So I omitted explicitly selecting AUXBUS by MLX5_SF.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-rdma/20201204182952.72263-1-saeedm@nvidia.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/20201026111849.1035786-6-leon@kernel.org/