netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] qed: add support for dcbx.

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2016 12:30:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/1] qed: add support for dcbx.

From: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 06:44:26 -0400

> This patch adds the necessary driver support for Management Firmware to
> configure the device/firmware with the dcbx results. Management Firmware
> is responsible for communicating the DCBX and driving the negotiation,
> but the driver has responsibility of receiving async notification and
> configuring the results in hw/fw. This patch also adds the dcbx support for
> future protocols (e.g., FCoE) as preparation to their imminent submission.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>

Applied.