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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] enic: add client name to port profile
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 21:55:37 -0400 (EDT)
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From: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@gmx.com>
Date: Wed,  1 Oct 2014 03:29:17 +0530

> Firmware has support for sending client name of the port profile to the switch
> it's connected to.
> 
> This patch adds client name to port profile which is sent to hardware while
> associating a port profile to VF.
> 
> Since port profile are defined in switch, this patch makes it easier to check
> what VM is using a port profile.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Govindarajulu Varadarajan <_govind@gmx.com>

I think you should split this up into two patches, one which adds
the new netlink facility, and second which adds support to the
specific driver.

Thanks.