netdev - Re: [RFC net-next v2 0/8] indirect tc block cb registration

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Date:   Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:52:41 +0200
From:   Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:     John Hurley <john.hurley@...ronome.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        gerlitz.or@...il.com, ozsh@...lanox.com,
        jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com, simon.horman@...ronome.com,
        avivh@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next v2 0/8] indirect tc block cb registration

Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 02:26:49PM CEST, john.hurley@...ronome.com wrote:
>This patchset introduces an alternative to egdev offload by allowing a
>driver to register for block updates when an external device (e.g. tunnel
>netdev) is bound to a TC block. Drivers can track new netdevs or register
>to existing ones to receive information on such events. Based on this,
>they may register for block offload rules using already existing
>functions.
>
>The patchset also implements this new indirect block registration in the
>NFP driver to allow the offloading of tunnel rules. The use of egdev
>offload (which is currently only used for tunnel offload) is subsequently
>removed.

John, I'm missing v1->v2 changelog. Could you please add it?

Thanks!