netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] HW support for VCAP IS1 and ES0 in mscc

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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 18:26:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vladimir.oltean@....com
Cc:     alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, vivien.didelot@...il.com,
        horatiu.vultur@...rochip.com, joergen.andreasen@...rochip.com,
        allan.nielsen@...rochip.com, alexandru.marginean@....com,
        claudiu.manoil@....com, xiaoliang.yang_1@....com,
        hongbo.wang@....com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org,
        UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/13] HW support for VCAP IS1 and ES0 in
 mscc_ocelot

From: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 01:27:20 +0300

> The patches from RFC series "Offload tc-flower to mscc_ocelot switch
> using VCAP chains" have been split into 2:
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netdev/list/?series=204810&state=*
> 
> This is the boring part, that deals with the prerequisites, and not with
> tc-flower integration. Apart from the initialization of some hardware
> blocks, which at this point still don't do anything, no new
> functionality is introduced.
> 
> - Key and action field offsets are defined for the supported switches.
> - VCAP properties are added to the driver for the new TCAM blocks. But
>   instead of adding them manually as was done for IS2, which is error
>   prone, the driver is refactored to read these parameters from
>   hardware, which is possible.
> - Some improvements regarding the processing of struct ocelot_vcap_filter.
> - Extending the code to be compatible with full and quarter keys.
> 
> This series was tested, along with other patches not yet submitted, on
> the Felix and Seville switches.

Series applied, thanks.