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From: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, drt@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com, ljp@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
cforno12@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/5] ibmvnic: Provide documentation for ACL sysfs files
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 16:44:06 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fa1d1efb-d799-a1e1-5e1e-8795d5d6cda7@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200831131158.03ac2d86@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
On 8/31/20 3:11 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 14:54:06 -0500 Thomas Falcon wrote:
>> On 8/31/20 2:26 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
>>> On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:58:13 -0500 Thomas Falcon wrote:
>>>> Provide documentation for ibmvnic device Access Control List
>>>> files.
>>> What API is used to set those parameters in the first place?
>>>
>> These parameters are specified in the system's IBM Hardware Management
>> Console (HMC) when the VNIC device is create.
> The new attributes are visible in the "guest" OS, correct?
Correct.
>
> This seems similar to normal SR-IOV operation, but I've not heard of
> use cases for them VM to know what its pvid is. Could you elaborate?
It's provided for informational purposes.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-31 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-08-31 16:58 [PATCH net-next 0/5] ibmvnic: Report ACL settings in sysfs Thomas Falcon
2020-08-31 16:58 ` [PATCH net-next 1/5] ibmvnic: Create failover sysfs as part of an attribute group Thomas Falcon
2020-08-31 16:58 ` [PATCH net-next 2/5] ibmvnic: Include documentation for ibmvnic sysfs files Thomas Falcon
2020-08-31 19:07 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-31 19:51 ` Thomas Falcon
2020-08-31 16:58 ` [PATCH net-next 3/5] ibmvnic: Remove ACL change indication definitions Thomas Falcon
2020-08-31 16:58 ` [PATCH net-next 4/5] ibmvnic: Reporting device ACL settings through sysfs Thomas Falcon
2020-09-02 21:51 ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2020-08-31 16:58 ` [PATCH net-next 5/5] ibmvnic: Provide documentation for ACL sysfs files Thomas Falcon
2020-08-31 19:26 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-31 19:54 ` Thomas Falcon
2020-08-31 20:11 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-31 21:44 ` Thomas Falcon [this message]
2020-08-31 22:00 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-08-31 22:17 ` David Miller
2020-08-31 22:30 ` Thomas Falcon
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