From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] mlx4: Enable single ported VFs over IB ports Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 23:13:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20150524.231328.2181794390276967632.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1432210450-23408-1-git-send-email-ogerlitz@mellanox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, matanb@mellanox.com, dledford@redhat.com, amirv@mellanox.com, talal@mellanox.com, jackm@dev.mellanox.co.il To: ogerlitz@mellanox.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:41436 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750783AbbEYDNb (ORCPT ); Sun, 24 May 2015 23:13:31 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1432210450-23408-1-git-send-email-ogerlitz@mellanox.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Or Gerlitz Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 15:14:04 +0300 > This series further enhances the support for mlx4 single ported VFs > introduced in 3.15 to work over IB ports too. > > Just as quick reminder, the ConnectX3 device family exposes one PCI device > which serves both ports. > > This can be non-optimal under virtualization schemes where the admin > would like the VF to expose one interface to the VM, etc. > > Since all the VF interaction with the firmware passes through the PF > driver, we can emulate to the VF they have one port, and further create > a set of the VFs which act on port1 of the device and another set which > acts on port2. Series applied, thanks.