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

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Message-ID: <CAJ3xEMhorMRsxtawjim9zoBn-zzoDXcMAJfHUqCZBNUbOKrMJA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:37:34 +0300
From:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
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 12:24 AM, Saeed Mahameed
<saeedm@....mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> 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.

The cover letter states that this series deals with shared code.

I guess you might also could extend it a bit to deal also with code
that you suspect could lead to conflicts, but I don't see why it
evolved to that extent.

Or.