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- Control the number of large groups (size > 1) in the FDB table.
* The default value is 15, and the range is between 1 and 1024.
+ * - ``esw_multiport``
+ - Boolean
+ - runtime
+ - Control MultiPort E-Switch shared fdb mode.
+
+ An experimental mode where a single E-Switch is used and all the vports
+ and physical ports on the NIC are connected to it.
+
+ An example is to send traffic from a VF that is created on PF0 to an
+ uplink that is natively associated with the uplink of PF1
+
+ Note: Future devices, ConnectX-8 and onward, will eventually have this
+ as the default to allow forwarding between all NIC ports in a single
+ E-switch environment and the dual E-switch mode will likely get
+ deprecated.
+
+ Default: disabled
+
The ``mlx5`` driver supports reloading via ``DEVLINK_CMD_RELOAD``