netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH v2 00/29] Add support for the Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch Host Interface

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Message-Id: <20140922.151750.1374374207690364454.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:17:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, nhorman@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, john.fastabend@...il.com,
	matthew.vick@...el.com, sassmann@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 00/29] Add support for the Intel FM10000
 Ethernet Switch Host Interface

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:36:04 -0700

> On Sat, 2014-09-20 at 19:45 -0400, Alexander Duyck wrote:
>> This patch series adds support for the FM10000 Ethernet switch host
>> interface.  The Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch is a 48-port Ethernet switch
>> supporting both Ethernet ports and PCI Express host interfaces.  The fm10k
>> driver provides support for the host interface portion of the switch, both
>> PF and VF.
>> 
>> As the host interfaces are directly connected to the switch this results in
>> some significant differences versus a standard network driver.  For example
>> there is no PHY or MII on the device.  Since packets are delivered directly
>> from the switch to the host interface these are unnecessary.  Otherwise most
>> of the functionality is very similar to our other network drivers such as
>> ixgbe or igb.  For example we support all the standard network offloads,
>> jumbo frames, SR-IOV (64 VFS), PTP, and some VXLAN and NVGRE offloads.
>> 
>> ---
> 
> Dave, if it makes it easier on you, I can add Alex's series of patches
> to my net-next tree for you to pull.  Just give me an hour or so so that
> I can update my net-next and push his patches up to my tree.

Yeah, could you please do that?

Thanks.
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