netdev - RE: [net-next v4 00/15] Add mlx5 subfunction support

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Date:   Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:59:26 +0000
From:   Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>
To:     Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
CC:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>,
        Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        "Ertman, David M" <david.m.ertman@...el.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@...el.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: RE: [net-next v4 00/15] Add mlx5 subfunction support



> From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 9:47 PM
> 
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 6:44 PM David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/14/20 6:53 PM, Alexander Duyck wrote:
> > >> example subfunction usage sequence:
> > >> -----------------------------------
> > >> Change device to switchdev mode:
> > >> $ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:06:00.0 mode switchdev
> > >>
> > >> Add a devlink port of subfunction flaovur:
> > >> $ devlink port add pci/0000:06:00.0 flavour pcisf pfnum 0 sfnum 88
> > >
> > > Typo in your description. Also I don't know if you want to stick
> > > with "flavour" or just shorten it to the U.S. spelling which is "flavor".
> >
> > The term exists in devlink today (since 2018). When support was added
> > to
> > iproute2 I decided there was no reason to require the US spelling over
> > the British spelling, so I accepted the patch.
> 
> Okay. The only reason why I noticed is because "flaovur" is definitely a wrong
> spelling. If it is already in the interface then no need to change it.
I am using to write "flavor" and I realized that I should probably say "flavour" because in devlink it is that way.
So I added 'u' and typo added it at wrong location. :-)
Thanks for catching it. 
Saeed sent the v5 fixing this along with few more English corrections.