netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 net-next] Documentation: devlink: Add devlink-sd

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Message-ID: <6fd1620d-d665-40f5-b67b-7a5447a71e1b@nvidia.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:16:58 -0800
From: William Tu <witu@...dia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc: bodong@...dia.com, jiri@...dia.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 saeedm@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 net-next] Documentation: devlink: Add devlink-sd


On 1/31/24 11:06 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
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> On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:47:29 -0800 William Tu wrote:
>>> Do you only need this API to configure representors?
>> Thanks for taking a look. Yes, for our use case we only need this API.
> I'm not sure how to interpret that, I think you answered a different
> question :) To avoid any misunderstandings here - let me rephrase a
> bit: are you only going to use this API to configure representors?
> Is any other netdev functionality going to use shared pools (i.e. other
> than RDMA)?

oh, now I understand your question.

Yes, this API is only to configure representors in switchdev mode.

No other netdev functionality will use this API.

William