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Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:33:19 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@nvidia.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/mlx5e: Enable mac forwarding on uplink
 representor
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On Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:48:41 +0200 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> This small patch enables mac forwarding to MPFs via uplink representor,

"mac forwarding to MPF via uplink representor"
Can't wrap my head around this "via". Could you explain this better?
Perhaps some tool can spit out a little diagram to make the flow clear?