On Mon, 18 Mar 2019 13:11:54 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: > >> >2. flavour should not be vf/pf, flavour should be hostport, switchport. > >> >Because switch is flat and agnostic of pf/vf/mdev. > >> > >> Not sure. It's good to have this kind of visibility. > > > >Yes, this subthread honestly makes me go from 60% sure to 95% sure we > >shouldn't do the dual object thing :( Seems like Parav is already > >confused by it and suggests host port can exist without switch port :( > > Although I understand your hesitation, the host ports are also > associated with the asic and should be under the devlink instance. > It is just a matter of proper documentation and clear code to avoid > confusions.
They are certainly a part and belong to the ASIC, the question in my mind is more along the lines of do we want "one pipe/one port" or is it okay to have multiple software objects of the same kind for those objects. To put it differently - do want a port object for each port of the ASIC or do we want a port object for each netdev..
