linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/5] netdev_features: start cleaning netdev_features

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Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:40:32 +0000
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To: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/5] netdev_features: start cleaning
 netdev_features_t up

Hello:

This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>:

On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:33:35 +0200 you wrote:
> NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT is currently 64, which means we can't add any new
> features as netdev_features_t is u64.
> As per several discussions, instead of converting netdev_features_t to
> a bitmap, which would mean A LOT of changes, we can try cleaning up
> netdev feature bits.
> There's a bunch of bits which don't really mean features, rather device
> attributes/properties that can't be changed via Ethtool in any of the
> drivers. Such attributes can be moved to netdev private flags without
> losing any functionality.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v5,1/5] netdevice: convert private flags > BIT(31) to bitfields
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v5,2/5] netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_LLTX to dev->lltx
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v5,3/5] netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL to dev->netns_local
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v5,4/5] netdev_features: convert NETIF_F_FCOE_MTU to dev->fcoe_mtu
    (no matching commit)
  - [net-next,v5,5/5] netdev_features: remove NETIF_F_ALL_FCOE
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/a61fec1c87be

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