netdev - Re: [PATCH v7,net-next,02/13] octeontx2-af: add mailbox interface for CPT

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Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:53:58 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Srujana Challa <schalla@...vell.com>
Cc:     <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        <sgoutham@...vell.com>, <gakula@...vell.com>,
        <sbhatta@...vell.com>, <schandran@...vell.com>,
        <pathreya@...vell.com>,
        Vidya Sagar Velumuri <vvelumuri@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7,net-next,02/13] octeontx2-af: add mailbox interface
 for CPT

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:27:08 +0530 Srujana Challa wrote:
> On OcteonTX2 SoC, the admin function (AF) is the only one with all
> priviliges to configure HW and alloc resources, PFs and it's VFs
> have to request AF via mailbox for all their needs. This patch adds
> a mailbox interface for CPT PFs and VFs to allocate resources
> for cryptography and inline-IPsec.
> Inline-IPsec mailbox messages are added here to provide the interface
> to Marvell VFIO drivers to allocate and configure HW resources
> for inline IPsec feature.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suheil Chandran <schandran@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vidya Sagar Velumuri <vvelumuri@...vell.com>
> Signed-off-by: Srujana Challa <schalla@...vell.com>

Please drop the IPsec support from this series, and limit it to just
what's needed to get the Linux crypto API working.