Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next V5 00/11] net/mlx5: ConnectX-8 SW Steering + Rate management on traffic classes

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2024 13:41:41 -0800

On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 21:32:11 +0200 Tariq Toukan wrote:
> > Do you expect TC bw allocation to work on non-leaf nodes?
>
> Yes. That's the point. It works.

Let's level -- I'm not trying to be difficult, but you're defining
uAPI with little to no documentation. "It works" is not going to cut it.

> > How does this relate to the rate API which Paolo added? He was asked
> > to build in a way to integrate with devlink now devlink is growing
> > extra features again, which presumably the other API will also need.
> > And the integration may turn out to be challenging.
> 
> AFAIU Paolo's work is not for shapers 'above' the network device level, 
> i.e. groups.

What's the difference between queue group and a VF?