netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 00/17] octeontx2-pf: Add network driver for physical function

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:33:54 +0100 (CET)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sunil.kovvuri@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kubakici@...pl, mkubecek@...e.cz,
        maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com, sgoutham@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/17] octeontx2-pf: Add network driver for physical
 function

From: sunil.kovvuri@...il.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:35:14 +0530

> From: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>
> 
> OcteonTX2 SOC's resource virtualization unit (RVU) supports
> multiple physical and virtual functions. Each of the PF's
> functionality is determined by what kind of resources are attached
> to it. If NPA and NIX blocks are attached to a PF it can function
> as a highly capable network device.
> 
> This patch series add a network driver for the PF. Initial set of
> patches adds mailbox communication with admin function (RVU AF)
> and configuration of queues. Followed by Rx and tx pkts NAPI
> handler and then support for HW offloads like RSS, TSO, Rxhash etc.
> Ethtool support to extract stats, config RSS, queue sizes, queue
> count is also added.
> 
> Added documentation to give a high level overview of HW and
> different drivers which will be upstreamed and how they interact.
 ...

Series applied.