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Currently only 256 vports can be supported as only 8 bits are reserved for them and 8 bits are reserved for vhca_ids in metadata reg c0. To support more than 256 vports, replace vhca_id with a unique shorter 4-bit PF number which covers upto 16 PF's. Use remaining 12 bits for vports ranging 1-4095. This will continue to generate unique metadata even if multiple PCI devices have same switch_id. Signed-off-by: sunils <sunils@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Vu Pham <vuhuong@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@nvidia.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.