Subject: Re: SRIOV as bridge Re: [PATCH net-next RESEND] net: Do not call ndo_dflt_fdb_dump if ndo_fdb_dump is defined.

From: Jamal Hadi Salim <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 08:04:47 -0500

On 12/22/14 07:10, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:

> Actually you cant list them as netdevs (please someone
> correct me if i am wrong). What you see are PCI devices.

I have been corrected.
It turns out i was wrong. The VFs infact show up as ethx devices.
So your idea of having the devices with "bridge .. self" would work
except when the device moves to a VM and you cant see them anymore...
and you want to add an fdb entry to the embedded switch..

cheers,
jamal