netdev - Re: [net-next 0/7][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2017-04-05

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Date:   Thu, 06 Apr 2017 13:53:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        jogreene@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 0/7][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver
 Updates 2017-04-05

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Date: Thu,  6 Apr 2017 00:54:49 -0700

> This series contains updates to fm10k only.
> 
> Phil Turnbull from Oracle fixes an issue where the argument provided to
> FM10K_REMOVED macro was not what was expecting.
> 
> Jake modifies the driver to replace the bitwise operators and defines with
> a BITMAP and enumeration values to avoid race conditions.  Also future
> proof the driver so that developers do not have to remember to re-size the
> bitmaps when adding new values.  Fixed the wording of a code comment to
> avoid stating that we return a value for a void function.
> 
> Ngai-Mint makes sure that when configuring the receive ring, we make sure
> the receive queue is disabled.  Fixed an issue where interfaces were
> resetting because the transmit mailbox FIFO was becoming full since the
> host was not ready, so ensure the host is ready before queueing up
> mailbox messages.

Pulled, thanks Jeff.