netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/15][pull request] ice: support devlink subfunction

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Message-ID: <ZqucmBWrGM1KWUbX@nanopsycho.orion>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 16:32:56 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc: davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 00/15][pull request] ice: support devlink
 subfunction

Thu, Aug 01, 2024 at 12:10:11AM CEST, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com wrote:
>Michal Swiatkowski says:
>
>Currently ice driver does not allow creating more than one networking
>device per physical function. The only way to have more hardware backed
>netdev is to use SR-IOV.
>
>Following patchset adds support for devlink port API. For each new
>pcisf type port, driver allocates new VSI, configures all resources
>needed, including dynamically MSIX vectors, program rules and registers
>new netdev.
>
>This series supports only one Tx/Rx queue pair per subfunction.
>
>Example commands:
>devlink port add pci/0000:31:00.1 flavour pcisf pfnum 1 sfnum 1000
>devlink port function set pci/0000:31:00.1/1 hw_addr 00:00:00:00:03:14
>devlink port function set pci/0000:31:00.1/1 state active
>devlink port function del pci/0000:31:00.1/1
>
>Make the port representor and eswitch code generic to support
>subfunction representor type.
>
>VSI configuration is slightly different between VF and SF. It needs to
>be reflected in the code.
>---
>v2:
>- Add more recipients
>
>v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240729223431.681842-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com/

I'm confused a bit. This is certainly not v2. I replied to couple
versions before. There is no changelog. Hard to track changes :/