netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 00/15][pull request] ice: support devlink subfunction

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Message-ID: <ZrxuSkbu7PEAmfa9@nanopsycho.orion>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:43:54 +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 v4 00/15][pull request] ice: support devlink
 subfunction

Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:49:49PM 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.
>---
>v4:
>- fix dev warn message when index isn't supported
>- change pf->hw.bus.func to internal pf id
>- use devl_register instead of locking version
>- rephrase last commit message

Could you at least mention in which patch you do which changes?