Re: [PATCH net-next] netdevsim: Add max_vfs to bus_dev

Jakub Kicinski
2019-12-13T01:37:31Z

On Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:47:32 +0200, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:25:17AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > I'd like to see netdevsim to also serve as sort of a reference model
> > for device behaviour. Vendors who are not first to implement a feature
> > always complain that there is no documentation on how things should
> > work.
>
> +1
>
> I have a patch set that adds FIB offload implementation to netdevsim and
> a gazillion of test cases that I share between netdevsim and mlxsw. Can
> be used by more drivers when they land.
>
> It's also very convenient for fuzzing now that syzkaller supports
> netdevsim instances thanks to Jiri. I've been running syzkaller for a
> few weeks now to test the FIB implementation.

😯😯 very cool!