Re: [PATCH/RFC net-next 1/2] devlink: expose port function commands to assign VFs to multiple netdevs

Jakub Kicinski
2023-02-08T23:35:57Z

On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 13:37:08 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> I don't understand the difference between the two modes,
> 1) "where VFs are associated with physical ports"
> 2) "another mode where all VFs are associated with one physical port"
>
> anyway here how it works for ConnectX devices, and i think the model should
> be generalized to others as it simplifies the user life in my opinion.

I'm guessing the version of the NFP Simon posted this for behaves
much like CX3 / mlx4. One PF, multiple Ethernet ports.