On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:58:38 +0300 Parav Pandit wrote: > A devlink port may be for a controller consist of PCI device. > A devlink instance holds ports of two types of controllers. > (1) controller discovered on same system where eswitch resides > This is the case where PCI PF/VF of a controller and devlink eswitch > instance both are located on a single system. > (2) controller located on other system. > This is the case where a controller is located in one system and its > devlink eswitch ports are located in a different system. In this case > devlink instance of the eswitch only have access to ports of the > controller. > > When a devlink eswitch instance serves the devlink ports of both > controllers together, PCI PF/VF numbers may overlap. > Due to this a unique phys_port_name cannot be constructed.
This description is clear as mud to me. Is it just me? Can someone understand this?
