netdev - Re: [PATCH for-next 2/2] net/mlx5: Update mlx5

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Message-ID: <CALzJLG-PxUz9ov+cv4uiNSGpuxy0s9KamTvamV_g72SctqdhFA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:24:29 +0300
From:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
To:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
Cc:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
	Matan Barak <matanb@...lanox.com>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
	Tal Alon <talal@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-next 2/2] net/mlx5: Update mlx5_ifc hardware features

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:17 AM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com> wrote:
>
> feature --> features

Correct, will fix.

>
>> * Add vport to steering commands for SRIOV ACL support
>> * Add mlcr, pcmr and mcia registers for dump module EEPROM
>> * Add support for FCS, baeacon led and disable_link bits to
>>   hca caps
>> * Add CQE period mode bit in  CQ context for CQE based CQ
>>   moderation support
>> * Add umr SQ bit for fragmented memory registration
>> * Add needed bits and caps for Striding RQ support
>
> AFAIK, all the above are features will go through net-next, what made
> you anticipate conflicts with linux-rdma?

FCS bit is needed also for rdma, so we took the liberty of updating
all the needed HW structs, bits, caps, etc ..
at once for all mlx5 features planned for 4.7 regardless of rdma/net conflicts.