Re: [PATCH v19 net-next 1/9] octeontx2-af: Enforce single RVU AF probe

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 18:40:30 EST


On Fri, 5 Jun 2026 12:02:37 +0530 Ratheesh Kannoth wrote:
> There is only one admin-function PCI device per system.
> Reject any additional AF probe with -EBUSY so the driver model matches
> hardware and automated reviewers can rely on a single bound instance.

Could you point me to a PCI networking driver written in the last two
decades which would have this sort of limitation?

At the very least you need to explain in the commit message **why**
correctly handling multiple devices in a system is beyond your
abilities.
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