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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:12:25 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To:     Yinjun Zhang <yinjun.zhang@corigine.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] nfp: separate the port's upper state with
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 02:57:34 +0000 Yinjun Zhang wrote:
> > What is "upper", in this context? grep the networking code for upper,
> > is that what you mean?  
> 
> Sorry, it's not that meaning. I'll remove this "upper", use netdev state
> instead.

Alright, so legacy SR-IOV, no representors, and you just want to let
the VFs talk to the world even when the PF netdev is ifdown'ed ?

Why?