netdev - Re: [net-next 1/1] gwdpa: gswip: Introduce Gigabit Ethernet Switch (GSWIP) device driver

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Message-ID: <2ca0c449-ca84-05b0-2f9e-2c03a5996e91@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Apr 2020 20:37:27 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Jack Ping CHNG <jack.ping.chng@...ux.intel.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        Amireddy Mallikarjuna reddy 
        <mallikarjunax.reddy@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@...ke-m.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/1] gwdpa: gswip: Introduce Gigabit Ethernet Switch
 (GSWIP) device driver



On 4/20/2020 8:22 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> From: Jack Ping CHNG <jack.ping.chng@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> This driver enables the Intel's LGM SoC GSWIP block. GSWIP is a core module
> tailored for L2/L3/L4+ data plane and QoS functions. It allows CPUs and
> other accelerators connected to the SoC datapath to enqueue and dequeue
> packets through DMAs. Most configuration values are stored in tables
> such as Parsing and Classification Engine tables, Buffer Manager tables
> and Pseudo MAC tables.

What is the relationship between LGM's GWSWIP block and the existing 
switch drivers under drivers/net/dsa/lantiq_gswip.c other than 
reflecting the acquisition that happened years ago?
--
Florian