netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] Introduce ENETC ethernet drivers

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Date:   Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:03:07 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     claudiu.manoil@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, alexandru.marginean@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/4] Introduce ENETC ethernet drivers

From: Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:29:53 +0200

> ENETC is a multi-port virtualized Ethernet controller supporting GbE
> designs and Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) functionality.
> ENETC is operating as an SR-IOV multi-PF capable Root Complex Integrated
> Endpoint (RCIE).  As such, it contains multiple physical (PF) and virtual
> (VF) PCIe functions, discoverable by standard PCI Express.
> 
> The patch series adds basic enablement for these otherwise standard
> buffer descriptor (BD) ring based ethernet devices (PCIe PFs and VFs),
> currently included in the 64-bit dual ARMv8 processors LS1028A SoC.
> The driver is portable to 32-bit designs, and it's independent of CPU
> endianness.
> 
> Contributors:
> Alex Marginean <alexandru.marginean@....com>
> Catalin Horghidan <catalin.horghidan@....com>
> 
> TODO list:
> * IEEE 1588 PTP support;
> * TSN support;
> * MDIO support and VF link management;
> * power management support;
> * flow control support;
> * TC offloading with h/w MQPRIO;
> * interrupt coalescing, configurable BD ring sizes, and other usual
> config options if missing.

Looks good to start with, series applied, thanks!