Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] nfp: separate the port's upper state with lower phy state

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 20:12:25 -0700

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 02:57:34 +0000 Yinjun Zhang wrote:
> > What is "upper", in this context? grep the networking code for upper,
> > is that what you mean?  
> 
> Sorry, it's not that meaning. I'll remove this "upper", use netdev state
> instead.

Alright, so legacy SR-IOV, no representors, and you just want to let
the VFs talk to the world even when the PF netdev is ifdown'ed ?

Why?