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Date:   Wed, 8 Feb 2023 15:35:52 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC net-next 1/2] devlink: expose port function commands
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On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 13:37:08 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> I don't understand the difference between the two modes, 
> 1) "where VFs are associated with physical ports"
> 2) "another mode where all VFs are associated with one physical port"
> 
> anyway here how it works for ConnectX devices, and i think the model should
> be generalized to others as it simplifies the user life in my opinion.

I'm guessing the version of the NFP Simon posted this for behaves 
much like CX3 / mlx4. One PF, multiple Ethernet ports.