Re: [PATCH net-next V2 08/16] net/devlink: Add E-Switch mode control

On 16-06-30 08:23 AM, Saeed Mahameed wrote:

From: Or Gerlitz <redacted>

Add the commands to set and show the mode of SRIOV E-Switch, two modes
are supported:

* legacy: operating in the "old" L2 based mode (DMAC --> VF vport)

* switchdev: the E-Switch is referred to as whitebox switch configured
using standard tools such as tc, bridge, openvswitch etc. To allow
working with the tools, for each VF, a VF representor netdevice is
created by the E-Switch manager vendor device driver instance (e.g PF).

Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <redacted>
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OK I can't come up with a better name and Jiri/Or convinced me this
should work ok so this works for me.

One question though going forward. We have devices with multiple
"switches" in them how does this work in a devlink environment? Do
we need some way to enumerate the switches and identify them. In
which case this attribute would be a global setting.

Thanks,
John