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

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Message-ID: <1411415205.2513.9.camel@jtkirshe-mobl.jf.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:46:45 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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

On Mon, 2014-09-22 at 15:17 -0400, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

Working on it now, I will let you know when I have it pushed up to my
tree.

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