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Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 14:44:46 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
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Subject: Re: [net-next 15/15] net/mlx5: Implement management PF Ethernet
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 14:25:33 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> Maybe we should have made it clear here as well, this management PF just
> exposes a netdev on the embedded ARM that will be used to communicate
> with the device onboard BMC via NC-SI, so it meant to be used
> only by standard tools.

How's that different to any other BMC via NC-SI setup?
NC-SI is supposed to steal packets which were directed to the wire.