On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:55:10 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote: > Also, there is one extra port that I don't understand what > is the purpose for it - something nfp specific perhaps.
Do you mean the PF netdev? There can be multiple of those on multi-host cards. There is one pf_repr from ASIC's perspective and a full-blown PF netdev which should be used by applications. pf_repr is only for switch config.