linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 4

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Message-Id: <20200528.110746.401143968929865213.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 28 May 2020 11:07:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     doshir@...are.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, pv-drivers@...are.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 4

From: Ronak Doshi <doshir@...are.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 18:54:22 -0700

> vmxnet3 emulation has recently added several new features which includes
> offload support for tunnel packets, support for new commands the driver
> can issue to emulation, change in descriptor fields, etc. This patch
> series extends the vmxnet3 driver to leverage these new features.
> 
> Compatibility is maintained using existing vmxnet3 versioning mechanism as
> follows:
>  - new features added to vmxnet3 emulation are associated with new vmxnet3
>    version viz. vmxnet3 version 4.
>  - emulation advertises all the versions it supports to the driver.
>  - during initialization, vmxnet3 driver picks the highest version number
>  supported by both the emulation and the driver and configures emulation
>  to run at that version.
 ...

Series applied, thank you.