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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] bnx2x: SR-IOV VF driver changes to
	support OOB PF driver
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2015-10-21 15:24, Harish Patil:
> >
> >2015-09-11 17:42, Rasesh Mody:
> >> From: Harish Patil <harish.patil@qlogic.com>
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Harish Patil <harish.patil@qlogic.com>
> >
> >Please explain your change a bit more.
> >
> >
> 
> SR-IOV is supported using bnx2x poll mode driver running as VF driver and
> native linux driver running as PF (in host/hypervisor). There is no issue
> while running with the PF driver which is at the base version as that of
> PMD. However, there is a compatibility issue between newer out-of-box PF
> drivers with older VF driver. So the newer VFs would also need to send
> BNX2X_VF_TLV_PHYS_PORT_ID (among other TLVs) to differentiate between
> newer and older VFs.

So the title should be "update VF to support new PF drivers".
Please put the detailed explanation in the commit message.