netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/7] dpaa2-eth: add PFC support

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Message-Id: <20200601.120447.854770569252858004.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:04:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     ioana.ciornei@....com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/7] dpaa2-eth: add PFC support

From: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@....com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2020 00:08:07 +0300

> This patch set adds support for Priority Flow Control in DPAA2 Ethernet
> devices.
> 
> The first patch make the necessary changes so that multiple
> traffic classes are configured. The dequeue priority
> of the maximum 8 traffic classes is configured to be equal.
> The second patch adds a static distribution to said traffic
> classes based on the VLAN PCP field. In the future, this could be
> extended through the .setapp() DCB callback for dynamic configuration.
> 
> Also, add support for the congestion group taildrop mechanism that
> allows us to control the number of frames that can accumulate on a group
> of Rx frame queues belonging to the same traffic class.
> 
> The basic subset of the DCB ops is implemented so that the user can
> query the number of PFC capable traffic classes, their state and
> reconfigure them if necessary.

Series applied, thank you.