From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Fastabend Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 0/3] extend set/get netlink for embedded Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:16:25 -0800 Message-ID: <50A28069.1070903@intel.com> References: <20121024181033.14378.33097.stgit@jf-dev1-dcblab> <6AE768456CEC4B4A9B2248CB6B87EB3E1BC95245@SJEXCHMB05.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "shemminger@vyatta.com" , "buytenh@wantstofly.org" , "davem@davemloft.net" , "vyasevic@redhat.com" , "jhs@mojatatu.com" , "chrisw@redhat.com" , "krkumar2@in.ibm.com" , "samudrala@us.ibm.com" , "peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com" , "jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com" , "netdev@vger.kernel.org" , "bhutchings@solarflare.com" , "gregory.v.rose@intel.com" , Eilon Greenstein To: Ariel Elior Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:5086 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932236Ab2KMRQg (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:16:36 -0500 In-Reply-To: <6AE768456CEC4B4A9B2248CB6B87EB3E1BC95245@SJEXCHMB05.corp.ad.broadcom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > > This series looks fine from bnx2x point of view. > The dynamic change from VEB to VEPA will require a firmware change, > so we might arrive a little late for the party. > Ariel > In the meantime you could enable just the get routines so the upper layer could learn how your SR-IOV switching is being done or not done. My basic expectation is hardware defaults to VEB but not sure if that is true in all cases. .John