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Thu, 14 May 2026 02:59:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.88.32] ([216.128.9.106]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-48fdb4c13b3sm36447265e9.14.2026.05.14.02.59.25 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 14 May 2026 02:59:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <24313143-d0b2-41af-a95f-62d1f5a16439@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 11:59:25 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net/mlx5: Prepare eswitch infrastructure for satellite PF support From: Paolo Abeni To: Moshe Shemesh , Jakub Kicinski , Tariq Toukan Cc: Eric Dumazet , Andrew Lunn , "David S. Miller" , Saeed Mahameed , Leon Romanovsky , Mark Bloch , Akiva Goldberger , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Gal Pressman , Dragos Tatulea References: <20260510053448.326823-1-tariqt@nvidia.com> <20260513192539.7fd96592@kernel.org> <639580c8-f93f-4945-acfa-ff116b841f6a@nvidia.com> Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 5/14/26 11:53 AM, Paolo Abeni wrote: > On 5/14/26 9:56 AM, Moshe Shemesh wrote: >> On 5/14/2026 5:25 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote: >>> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments >>> >>> >>> 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" >> >> Satellite PF is another type of Physical Function, its role and >> privileges are similar to the host PF, but unlike host PF the Satellite >> PF is on the DPU and not on another host. So it's kind of "Satellite" >> for the ECPF which is also on the DPU. >> >> The next patchset will introduce the Satellite PF, while this patchset >> only does some preparations. Small changes to prepare the eswitch to >> manage another PF. >> >> While Socket Direct is a hardware PCIe topology, that adds another PCIe >> link to the NIC, the Satellite PF is just logical entity, by firmware >> configuration, no hardware change. > > My understanding is that Jakub wants you to capture the above info in > the cover letter. I take my own words back. Actually I'm not sure about the above and given the constant ML flood I think we prefer to avoid a repost if possible. The series LGTM, please wait a bit for Jakub eventual explicit repost request. Thanks, Paolo