Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 09/10] documentation: networking: add shared devlink documentation

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:05:58 -0800

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:34:21 +0100 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> +Shared devlink instances allow multiple physical functions (PFs) on the same
> +chip to share an additional devlink instance for chip-wide operations. This
> +is implemented within individual drivers alongside the individual PF devlink
> +instances, not replacing them.

Sounds like you want to preclude what was the goal in the discussion
with Przemek you quoted - a shared instance _only_ case. We don't have
to implement it today, but I think it's an entirely sane direction.
So the docs should not state otherwise.