netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next,v2] net: rename ndo_setup_tc to ndo_setup

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Message-ID: <0cc75c8e-6c18-9e46-9da4-9202a02babd9@solarflare.com>
Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 10:17:40 +0100
From:   Martin Habets <mhabets@...arflare.com>
To:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <jiri@...nulli.us>, <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next,v2] net: rename ndo_setup_tc to ndo_setup_offload

On 19/07/18 01:11, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> One of the recurring complaints is that we do not have, as a driver
> writer, a central location from which we would be fed offloading rules
> into a NIC. This was brought up again during Netconf'18 in Boston.
> 
> This patch just renames ndo_setup_tc to ndo_setup_offload as a very
> early initial work to prepare for follow up patch that discuss unified
> flow representation for the existing offload programming APIs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Acked-by: Martin Habets <mhabets@...arflare.com>

> ---
> v2: Missing function definition update in drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/falcon/tx.c
>     apparently I forgot to turn on that driver when doing compile-testing,
>     problem spotted by Martin Habets. Keeping Jakub and Jiri Acked-by tags,
>     as this is the only change in the v1 patch.
>