netdev - RE: [net-next 00/14][pull request] 1GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2020-05-19

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Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 02:03:06 +0000
From:   "Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "Neftin, Sasha" <sasha.neftin@...el.com>,
        "Guedes, Andre" <andre.guedes@...el.com>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "nhorman@...hat.com" <nhorman@...hat.com>,
        "sassmann@...hat.com" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [net-next 00/14][pull request] 1GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver
 Updates 2020-05-19

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 19:00
> To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org; nhorman@...hat.com;
> sassmann@...hat.com
> Subject: Re: [net-next 00/14][pull request] 1GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver
> Updates 2020-05-19
> 
> On Tue, 19 May 2020 17:04:05 -0700 Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > This series contains updates to igc only.
> >
> > Sasha cleans up the igc driver code that is not used or needed.
> >
> > Vitaly cleans up driver code that was used to support Virtualization
> > on a device that is not supported by igc, so remove the dead code.
> >
> > Andre renames a few macros to align with register and field names
> > described in the data sheet.  Also adds the VLAN Priority Queue Fliter
> > and EType Queue Filter registers to the list of registers dumped by
> > igc_get_regs().  Added additional debug messages and updated return
> > codes for unsupported features.  Refactored the VLAN priority
> > filtering code to move the core logic into igc_main.c.  Cleaned up
> > duplicate code and useless code.
> 
> No automated warnings :)
> 
> It's a little strange how both TCI and ETYPE filters take the queue ID.
> Looking at the code it's not immediately clear which one take precedence. Can
> I install two rules for the same TCI and different ETYPE or vice versa?
[Kirsher, Jeffrey T] 

Adding Andre and Sasha to answer your questions, Jakub...