Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net/mlx5: Prepare eswitch infrastructure for satellite PF support

From: Jakub Kicinski

Date: Fri May 15 2026 - 18:48:53 EST


On Fri, 15 May 2026 12:36:50 +0300 Moshe Shemesh wrote:
> Now we have a new Smartnic configuration that adds another physical
> function, on the DPU, that is not eswitch manager and not page manager.
> The new PF can have its own SFs and the customer can passthrough this
> Satellite PF to a VM on the DPU and give it to a user that should not
> have access to the ECPF privileged function.
> As will be shown in the next patchset, the ECPF handles the Satellite PF
> and the Host PF in a similar way, using the same management framework.

Makes sense! Please respin with this in the cover letter and the
clarification in patch 2. Thanks!