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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 09:36:55 +0100
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>, Gal Pressman <gal@nvidia.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>, Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>,
	Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@nvidia.com>,
	Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V6 01/13] devlink: Add 'total_vfs' generic
 device param
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References: <20250709030456.1290841-1-saeed@kernel.org>
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On Tue, Jul 08, 2025 at 08:04:43PM -0700, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> From: Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@nvidia.com>
> 
> NICs are typically configured with total_vfs=0, forcing users to rely
> on external tools to enable SR-IOV (a widely used and essential feature).
> 
> Add total_vfs parameter to devlink for SR-IOV max VF configurability.
> Enables standard kernel tools to manage SR-IOV, addressing the need for
> flexible VF configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Dumitrescu <vdumitrescu@nvidia.com>
> Tested-by: Kamal Heib <kheib@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@nvidia.com>
> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>