netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] qlcnic: Mailbox refactoring

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Date:	Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:04:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	himanshu.madhani@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] qlcnic: Mailbox refactoring 

From: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 00:57:38 -0400

> From: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>
> 
> This series contains following patches 
> 
> o in v2 series, we received feedback on return codes to use standard error
>   codes instead of mixing custom error codes. We have modified patch for 
>   loopback diagnostic test to return standard error codes.
> 
> o rest of the 3 patches in the series are for mailbox refactoring
> 
>   Current driver-firmware mailbox interface was operating in polling mode
>   because of some limitations with the earlier versions of 83xx adapter
>   firmware. These issues are resolved now and we are implementing the
>   mailbox interface in interrupt mode.
> 
>   There are three patches which refactors mailbox handling:
>   * Interrupt mode mailbox implantation.
>   * Replace poll mode mailbox interfaces with interrupt mode interfaces.
>   * Operate mailbox in poll mode when interrupts are not available.
> 
> changes from v2 -> v3
>  * Addressed review feedback to use standard return codes for loopback
>    diagnostic test.
> 
> Please consider applying these patches to net-next.

Series applied, thanks.
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