netdev - Re: [RFC] New Qlogic 10Gb Ethernet driver for 2.6.28

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Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:22:17 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linux-Driver@...gic.com
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] New Qlogic 10Gb Ethernet driver for 2.6.28

Ron Mercer wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
> 
> Please find our new 10Gb ethernet driver at the following site:
> 
> ftp://ftp.qlogic.com/outgoing/linux/network/linux/upstream/qlge
> 
> There are two files at this location:
> qlge-aug212008.patch - A full patch that is buildable on the latest netdev/upstream kernel.
> qlge-aug212008.tar.bz2 - A zip file of the source code at drivers/net/qlge/*
> 
> We are targeting this driver for 2.6.28 release.  We look forward to any and all comments.
> 
> Notes:
> 1) The file qlge_mpi.c (Management Port Interface) is mostly stubbed right now but will have functionality to handle setting up wake-on-lan and getting/setting link paramters.
> 2) Please ignore "#ifdef PALLADIUM".  It will be removed going forward as it's currently used for a test platform.

OK, just skimmed the whole thing (i.e. no in-depth analysis of locking, 
etc.)

Initial thoughts...

- its a nice clean driver
- I have not examined the interrupt and completion paths in depth, but 
they looked unusual enough to warrant additional analysis [on my part]. 
  - There are more spinlocks than usual, raising an eyebrow
- The kmap use is interesting
- I also wonder if heavy use of atomic_t might not be more expensive 
than spinlocking a section, then using normal variables.
- want more info on shadow (buffering?) scheme
- are hardware docs or more info available?
- most drivers do not need LICENSE files, is that really necessary?

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