netdev - Re: [net-next 00/13][pull request] 10GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2018-02-26

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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:59:39 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 00/13][pull request] 10GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver
 Updates 2018-02-26

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 10:07:43 -0800

> This series contains updates to ixgbe and ixgbevf only.
 ...
> Emil updates ixgbevf with several features and improvements done in
> other drivers, starting with the handling of page addresses so that we
> always refer to them using a void pointer.  Added a 'legacy-rx' flag to
> allow switching between the old and new receive code paths.  Added
> support for using 3K buggers in order 1 page.  Updated the driver to
> ensure that calls to ixgbevf_open() are rtnl lock protected and improved
> the error handling when setting up multiple queues.  Added support for
> providing a buffer with head room and tail room to allow for shared
> info, NET_SKB_PAD, and NET_IP_ALIGN, so that we can start using
> build_skb to build frames instead of using memcpy() the headers.
> Updated the logic of handling rings closer to ixgbe.  Consolidated the
> receive paths to reduce duplication when we expand them in the future.
> Added build_skb() support to ixgbevf.

This seems to suggest that XDP support for ixgbevf is coming next? :-)

> The following are changes since commit f74290fdb363665538743d14c4f00aeacdb68d87:
>   Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
> and are available in the git repository at:
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue 10GbE

Pulled, thanks Jeff.