Re: [net-next PATCH v2 5/6] i40e: Add TX and RX support in switchdev mode.

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Or Gerlitz  wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Sridhar Samudrala
>  wrote:
>> A host based switching entity like a linux bridge or OVS redirects these 
>> frames
>> to the right VFs via VFPR netdevs. Any frames sent via VFPR netdevs are sent 
>> as
>> directed transmits to the corresponding VFs. To enable directed transmit, skb
>> metadata dst is used to pass the VF id and the frame is requeued to call the 
>> PFs
>> transmit routine.
>
> Jakub/John, patch #4 which didn't appear in the list had a long discussion [1]
> ending  with "lets talk on it @ netdev", did we?

I spoke to a few people, but nobody had much to say about it back then :(

Noob question: can we somehow "debug" why a patch is not appearing on
a vger list?

Re: [net-next PATCH v2 5/6] i40e: Add TX and RX support in switchdev mode.

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Or Gerlitz  wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Sridhar Samudrala
>  wrote:
>> A host based switching entity like a linux bridge or OVS redirects these 
>> frames
>> to the right VFs via VFPR netdevs. Any frames sent via VFPR netdevs are sent 
>> as
>> directed transmits to the corresponding VFs. To enable directed transmit, skb
>> metadata dst is used to pass the VF id and the frame is requeued to call the 
>> PFs
>> transmit routine.
>
> Jakub/John, patch #4 which didn't appear in the list had a long discussion [1]
> ending  with "lets talk on it @ netdev", did we?

I spoke to a few people, but nobody had much to say about it back then :(

Noob question: can we somehow "debug" why a patch is not appearing on
a vger list?