Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] devlink: extend phys_port_name controller prefix to non-external ports

From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

Date: Wed Jul 08 2026 - 05:32:04 EST


Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Thu, 2 Jul 2026 14:17:24 +0300 you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This series by Moshe includes the controller number in phys_port_name
> for non-external ports with a non-zero controller, and updates the mlx5
> driver to mark satellite PFs as non-external.
>
> The controller prefix (c) in phys_port_name was previously only included
> for ports marked as external. However, newer devices can have multiple
> controllers within the DPU itself, even within a single host
> environment. For example, a SmartNIC may have additional local PCI
> physical functions that are managed by the eswitch but are not on an
> external host. These ports use a non-zero controller number to
> distinguish them from the eswitch manager's own functions, while the
> external flag remains unset.
>
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,1/2] devlink: print controller prefix for non-zero controller
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f6ec46b7e2b2
- [net-next,2/2] net/mlx5: Set satellite PF devlink ports as non-external
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a49ea2e042af

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