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Message-ID: <20250709083655.GC452973@horms.kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 09:36:55 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@...nel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
Tariq Toukan <tariqt@...dia.com>, Gal Pressman <gal@...dia.com>,
Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>,
Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@...dia.com>,
Kamal Heib <kheib@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V6 01/13] devlink: Add 'total_vfs' generic
device param
On Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 08:04:43PM -0700, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> From: Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@...dia.com>
>
> NICs are typically configured with total_vfs=0, forcing users to rely
> on external tools to enable SR-IOV (a widely used and essential feature).
>
> Add total_vfs parameter to devlink for SR-IOV max VF configurability.
> Enables standard kernel tools to manage SR-IOV, addressing the need for
> flexible VF configuration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@...dia.com>
> Tested-by: Kamal Heib <kheib@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...dia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
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