Subject: Re: [PATCH mlx5-next] {rdma,net}/mlx5: Query vports mac address from device

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:47:59 -0700

On Wed, 15 Oct 2025 18:40:55 -0700 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> Before this patch during either switchdev or legacy mode enablement we
> cleared the mac address of vports between changes. This change allows us
> to preserve the vports mac address between eswitch mode changes.

Not knowing what exactly a vport is I can't tell whether this preserves
MAC addrs of reprs, the uplink, something else?