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Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 19:25:39 -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 0/8] net/mlx5: Prepare eswitch infrastructure
 for satellite PF support
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On Sun, 10 May 2026 08:34:40 +0300 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> This series prepares the mlx5 eswitch command interface and vport
> infrastructure for satellite PF support.

Could you perhaps start by explaining what "satellite PF" is?
And how it differs from "socket direct"