From: Felix Manlunas <felix.manlu...@cavium.com> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:59:10 -0800
> Added support to the ndo_get_phys_port_id() callback to provide > port specific unique id to the netdev layer. > > Port id needs to be unique across different liquidio devices in the system. > So used MAC address for port_id. This doesn't look right at all. The physical port ID is used in order to distinguish several netdev devices present on the same PHYSICAL PORT. So you should be using a number that is unique within a physical port. Using the MAC address for this doesn't make any sense at all.
