Re: [net-next 01/15] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs

2016-09-21 Thread Jeff Kirsher
On Wed, 2016-09-21 at 22:21 +0300, Or Gerlitz wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Samudrala, Sridhar > wrote: > > On 9/21/2016 12:04 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote: > > > >> so what happens after this patchset is applied and before the future > work is > >> submitted?

Re: [net-next 01/15] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs

2016-09-21 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote: > On 9/21/2016 12:04 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> so what happens after this patchset is applied and before the future work is >> submitted? RX/TX slow path through the VFPRs isn't supported and what >> about

Re: [net-next 01/15] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs

2016-09-21 Thread Samudrala, Sridhar
On 9/21/2016 12:04 AM, Or Gerlitz wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote: On 9/20/2016 9:22 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 6:43 AM, Jeff Kirsher wrote: From: Sridhar Samudrala

Re: [net-next 01/15] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs

2016-09-21 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:45 AM, Samudrala, Sridhar wrote: > On 9/20/2016 9:22 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 6:43 AM, Jeff Kirsher >> wrote: >>> >>> From: Sridhar Samudrala >>> This patch

Re: [net-next 01/15] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs

2016-09-20 Thread Samudrala, Sridhar
On 9/20/2016 9:22 PM, Or Gerlitz wrote: On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 6:43 AM, Jeff Kirsher wrote: From: Sridhar Samudrala This patch enables creation of a VF Port representor/Control netdev associated with each VF. These netdevs can be

Re: [net-next 01/15] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs

2016-09-20 Thread Or Gerlitz
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 6:43 AM, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > From: Sridhar Samudrala > This patch enables creation of a VF Port representor/Control netdev > associated with each VF. These netdevs can be used to control and configure > VFs from

[net-next 01/15] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs

2016-09-20 Thread Jeff Kirsher
From: Sridhar Samudrala This patch enables creation of a VF Port representor/Control netdev associated with each VF. These netdevs can be used to control and configure VFs from PFs namespace. They enable exposing VF statistics, configuring link state, mtu, fdb/vlan