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From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@nvidia.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: Saeed Mahameed <saeed@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@gmail.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com>, Netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
	Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>,
	Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>,
	"Ertman, David M" <david.m.ertman@intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Kiran Patil <kiran.patil@intel.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next v4 00/15] Add mlx5 subfunction support
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 08:50:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201216065050.GR5005@unreal> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201215132805.22ddcd44@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 01:28:05PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 12:35:20 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> > > I think the big thing we really should do if we are going to go this
> > > route is to look at standardizing what the flavours are that get
> > > created by the parent netdevice. Otherwise we are just creating the
> > > same mess we had with SRIOV all over again and muddying the waters of
> > > mediated devices.
> >
> > yes in the near future we will be working on auxbus interfaces for
> > auto-probing and user flavor selection, this is a must have feature for
> > us.
>
> Can you elaborate? I thought config would be via devlink.

Yes, everything continues to be done through devlink.

One of the immediate features is an ability to disable/enable creation
of specific SF types.

For example, if user doesn't want RDMA, the SF RDMA won't be created.

Thanks

  reply	other threads:[~2020-12-16  6:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-14 21:43 [net-next v4 00/15] Add mlx5 subfunction support Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 01/15] net/mlx5: Fix compilation warning for 32-bit platform Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 22:31   ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-14 22:45     ` Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-15  4:59     ` Leon Romanovsky
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 02/15] devlink: Prepare code to fill multiple port function attributes Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 03/15] devlink: Introduce PCI SF port flavour and port attribute Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 04/15] devlink: Support add and delete devlink port Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 05/15] devlink: Support get and set state of port function Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 06/15] net/mlx5: Introduce vhca state event notifier Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 07/15] net/mlx5: SF, Add auxiliary device support Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 08/15] net/mlx5: SF, Add auxiliary device driver Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 09/15] net/mlx5: E-switch, Prepare eswitch to handle SF vport Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 10/15] net/mlx5: E-switch, Add eswitch helpers for " Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 11/15] net/mlx5: SF, Add port add delete functionality Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 12/15] net/mlx5: SF, Port function state change support Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 13/15] devlink: Add devlink port documentation Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 14/15] devlink: Extend devlink port documentation for subfunctions Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-14 21:43 ` [net-next v4 15/15] net/mlx5: Add devlink subfunction port documentation Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-15  1:53 ` [net-next v4 00/15] Add mlx5 subfunction support Alexander Duyck
2020-12-15  2:44   ` David Ahern
2020-12-15 16:16     ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-15 16:59       ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-15  5:48   ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-15 18:47     ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-15 20:05       ` Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-15 21:03       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-16  1:12       ` Edwin Peer
2020-12-16  2:39         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-16  3:12         ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-15 20:59     ` David Ahern
2020-12-15  6:15   ` Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-15 19:12     ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-15 20:35       ` Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-15 21:28         ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-12-16  6:50           ` Leon Romanovsky [this message]
2020-12-16 17:59             ` Saeed Mahameed
2020-12-15 21:41         ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-16  0:19           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-16  2:19             ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-16  3:03               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-16  4:13                 ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-16  4:45                   ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-16 13:33                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-16 16:31                     ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-16 17:51                       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-16 19:27                         ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-16 20:35                           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-16 22:53                             ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-17  0:38                               ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-17 18:48                                 ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-17 19:40                                   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-17 21:05                                     ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-18  0:08                                       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-18  1:30                               ` David Ahern
2020-12-18  3:11                                 ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-18  3:55                                   ` David Ahern
2020-12-18 15:54                                     ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-18  5:20                                   ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-18  5:36                                     ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-18 16:01                                     ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-18 18:01                                       ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-18 19:22                                         ` Alexander Duyck
2020-12-18 20:18                                           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-19  0:03                                             ` Alexander Duyck

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