Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:53:48 -0700 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 net-next 1/2] hv_netvsc: Make netvsc/VF binding check both MAC and serial number |
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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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