Re: [(RFC) PATCH ] be2net: Allow a VF to use physical link state.

2020-06-10 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:22:22 -0700 dwilder wrote: > On 2020-06-09 14:58, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 17:00:59 -0700 David Wilder wrote: > >> Hyper-visors owning a PF are allowed by Emulex specification to > >> provide > >> a VF with separate physical and/or logical link states.

RE: [(RFC) PATCH ] be2net: Allow a VF to use physical link state.

2020-06-10 Thread dwilder
On 2020-06-09 14:58, Jakub Kicinski wrote: On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 17:00:59 -0700 David Wilder wrote: Hyper-visors owning a PF are allowed by Emulex specification to provide a VF with separate physical and/or logical link states. However, on linux, a VF driver must chose one or the other. My scena

Re: [(RFC) PATCH ] be2net: Allow a VF to use physical link state.

2020-06-09 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 17:00:59 -0700 David Wilder wrote: > Hyper-visors owning a PF are allowed by Emulex specification to provide > a VF with separate physical and/or logical link states. However, on > linux, a VF driver must chose one or the other. > > My scenario is a proprietary driver controlli