netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] nfp: devlink, capabilities extensions and updates

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Date:   Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:46:15 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/12] nfp: devlink, capabilities extensions
 and updates

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:50:54 -0800

> This series starts with an improvement to the usability of the device
> memory accessors (CPP transactions).  Next few patches are devoted to
> fixing the devlink locking.  After recent patches for mlxsw the locking
> scheme of devlink ops has to be reworked.  Following patches improve
> NFP code dealing with "representors", and expands the error message
> printed when driver has no support for loaded FW.
> 
> Second part of the series is focused on vNIC capabilities read from
> vNIC control memory (often referred to as "BAR0" for historical reasons).
> TLV capability format is established and immediately made use of.  The
> next patches rework parsing of features for control vNIC which allows
> apps to mask out features they don't want enabled.

Series applied, thanks Jakub.