From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 06/13] bnx2x: Control number of vfs dynamically Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:50:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20130312.075002.1183319263027770351.davem@redhat.com> References: <1363015073-25743-7-git-send-email-yuvalmin@broadcom.com> <20130312.052811.2289109881056913990.davem@davemloft.net> <6AE768456CEC4B4A9B2248CB6B87EB3E1BD10E88@SJEXCHMB05.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: yuvalmin@broadcom.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, eilong@broadcom.com To: ariele@broadcom.com Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:37540 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755321Ab3CLLtw (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:49:52 -0400 In-Reply-To: <6AE768456CEC4B4A9B2248CB6B87EB3E1BD10E88@SJEXCHMB05.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: "Ariel Elior" Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:51:13 +0000 > Yuval Mintz from Broadcom started the > "New commands to configure IOV features" thread > http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=133638974914452&w=2 > As the discussion developed it was realized that virtual functions > have a wider scope than networking. > The discussion culminated with a submission to the pci tree: > commit 1789382a72a537447d65ea4131d8bcc1ad85ce7b > Author: Donald Dutile > Date: Mon Nov 5 15:20:36 2012 -0500 > > Adding sriov_numvfs and sriov_totalvfs to all SR-IOV capable pci devices. > I would like to add that sysfs is actually a very convenient place to have > these knobs, because the virtfn entries there are a simple reliable way to > know which vf devices sprouted from which PF devices and what are their > names, which is very handy when scripting with VFs. Oh that's right, thanks for reminding me about that discussion. I rescing my objection.