[Intel-wired-lan] [dev-queue PATCH v3 1/3] i40e: Introduce VF port representor/control netdevs.

[Bowers, AndrewX]

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> Behalf Of Sridhar Samudrala
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 3:43 PM
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> <anjali.singhai at intel.com>; Fastabend, John R
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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [dev-queue PATCH v3 1/3] i40e: Introduce VF port
> representor/control netdevs.
> 
> This patch enables creation of a VF Port representor/Control netdev
> associated with each VF. These netdevs can be used to control and configure
> VFs from PFs namespace. They enable exposing VF statistics, configuring link
> state, mtu, fdb/vlan entries etc.
> 
>     # echo 2 > /sys/class/net/enp5s0f0/device/sriov_numvfs
>     # ip l show
>     297: enp5s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop portid
> 6805ca2e7268 state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 68:05:ca:2e:72:68 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>     vf 0 MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
>     vf 1 MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00, spoof checking on, link-state auto, trust off
>     299: enp5s0f0-vf0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state
> DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
>     300: enp5s0f0-vf1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state
> DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
>     link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c | 88
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.h | 14 ++++
>  2 files changed, 102 insertions(+)

Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers at intel.com>
Functions as expected