From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3481238B7A1; Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:40:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1780958418; cv=none; b=OeioOVMoEoPY4fIF5OYFGdhRVfD4eWpsKGwdBzhdUO6ae1UoYHteURiifxZjMwrYwlE1v9JQEBId0rXT62oiET9wD4IfWB61q+zjZpd0fx9zm6e5roAFCQmrHQM9yll1Y4re1IESmMPpLByl0rxCbG4vYnUjDyXUZ9FVYb6LW7I= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1780958418; c=relaxed/simple; bh=OACwnzi0kI0en+UEH2pxo2bVWDTgK1Uq5eYeMsjsGRA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=dgPm2mmp+PSG1b5kRDc1v1V2wx3rDwvukyk7/7nl8GCSt7PP+1nOFqJZKQWhRa+jhsRznroVDbz9EVlEJ6ZvR1NjKC+tdh4j3DBC6aW4DWP1VUlYOZ5sM/8dN2/xlhmSzCXitXK0Yb0UTmlgpRlLqPpK24xvlLVbhOXnSarRQxs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=nDN3GQ4w; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="nDN3GQ4w" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 77BD91F00893; Mon, 8 Jun 2026 22:40:16 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1780958416; bh=M8nOicOlTfte/KI7cVfb83QF0FdOUbxS7QionoYVBZE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=nDN3GQ4wTdfyy69pVW0gsM3NBakREk0mdjhpqPH+SXHphXdt9EbT+pyQeBFoYPfDe /vPn3XXniwwPExv3gZVNBN7tLYULbU/iQqyWWDY+AihQvNMKkXFxdgmPdhw2i40Y9R SaY3rpMYQrwiOxWH/F4+qTusU3WxGddMw61rM024kH0yHiCnCTLaWyKbG+4U0seo6I RQyxrMGVAJ9WvbZlpPQNmmmgGzlLCo7lRdGqroxB9cm6vhgoG9yd/jZz44m3gfJy2/ mjt2rz5mwUcyYLPwwVO7J3mOcHFw4yTuuym2C9XWmlpryJFz4rJq3StEo0Imj6uswv 6l7HDZfbjkKjw== Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 15:40:14 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Ratheesh Kannoth Cc: , , , , , , , , , Subject: Re: [PATCH v19 net-next 1/9] octeontx2-af: Enforce single RVU AF probe Message-ID: <20260608154014.1b7c8be1@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20260605063245.3553861-2-rkannoth@marvell.com> References: <20260605063245.3553861-1-rkannoth@marvell.com> <20260605063245.3553861-2-rkannoth@marvell.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Fri, 5 Jun 2026 12:02:37 +0530 Ratheesh Kannoth wrote: > There is only one admin-function PCI device per system. > Reject any additional AF probe with -EBUSY so the driver model matches > hardware and automated reviewers can rely on a single bound instance. Could you point me to a PCI networking driver written in the last two decades which would have this sort of limitation? At the very least you need to explain in the commit message **why** correctly handling multiple devices in a system is beyond your abilities. -- pw-bot: cr