linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: hinic: Add control command support for VF PMD driver in DPDK

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Message-ID: <20221031195805.74e22089@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:58:05 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@...ux.dev>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>,
        Bin Chen <bin.chen@...igine.com>,
        Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
        Peter Chen <peter.chen@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: hinic: Add control command support for VF PMD
 driver in DPDK

On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 09:49:17 +0800 Cai Huoqing wrote:
> > Meaning it just forwards it to the firmware?  
> Yes, host driver just forwards it to the firmware.
> Actually the firmware works on a coprocessor MGMT_CPU(inside the NIC)
> which will recv and deal with these commands.

I see, please include this info in the commit message for v2.