netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] cxgb4: add loopback ethtool self-test

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Date:   Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:00:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vishal@...lsio.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, nirranjan@...lsio.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] cxgb4: add loopback ethtool self-test

From: Vishal Kulkarni <vishal@...lsio.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 18:19:50 +0530

> In this test, loopback pkt is created and sent on default queue.
> The packet goes until the Multi Port Switch (MPS) just before
> the MAC and based on the specified channel number, it either
> goes outside the wire on one of the physical ports or looped
> back to Rx path by MPS. In this case, we're specifying loopback
> channel, instead of physical ports, so the packet gets looped
> back to Rx path, instead of getting transmitted on the wire.
> 
> v3:
> - Modify commit message to include test details.
> v2:
> - Add only loopback self-test.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Kulkarni <vishal@...lsio.com>

Applied.