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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 net-next 1/2] hv_netvsc: Make netvsc/VF binding check both MAC and serial number
On Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:11:58 -0700
Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com> wrote:

> Currently the netvsc/VF binding logic only checks the PCI serial number.
>
> The upcoming Microsoft Azure Network Adapter (MANA) supports multiple
> net_device interfaces (each such interface is called a "vPort", and has
> its unique MAC address) which are backed by the same VF PCI device, so
> the binding logic should check both the MAC address and the PCI serial
> number.
>
> The change should not break any other existing VF drivers, because
> Hyper-V NIC SR-IOV implementation requires the netvsc network
> interface and the VF network interface have the same MAC address.
>
> Co-developed-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
> Co-developed-by: Shachar Raindel <shacharr@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shachar Raindel <shacharr@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>

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