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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:06:32 +0200
From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Geetha sowjanya <gakula@marvell.com>
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Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 7/9] octeontx2-pf: Add support to sync link
 state between representor and VFs
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Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:53:59AM CEST, gakula@marvell.com wrote:
>Implements mbox function to sync the link state between VFs and
>its representors. Same mbox is use to notify other updates like mtu etc.
>
>This patch enables
>- Reflecting the link state of representor based on the VF state and
> link state of VF based on representor.

Could you please elaborate a bit more how exactly this behaves? Examples
would help.


>- On VF interface up/down a notification is sent via mbox to representor
>  to update the link state.
>- On representor interafce up/down will cause the link state update of VF.
>