netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 06/10] octeontx2-af: Add NIX1 interfaces to NPC

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Message-ID: <20201018091130.016f651f@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:11:30 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     sundeep subbaraya <sundeep.lkml@...il.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        rsaladi2@...vell.com, Sunil Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@...vell.com>,
        Subbaraya Sundeep <sbhatta@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 06/10] octeontx2-af: Add NIX1 interfaces to NPC

On Sat, 17 Oct 2020 10:22:26 +0530 sundeep subbaraya wrote:
> > Let me rephrase the question - can the AF driver only run on the SoC
> > or are there configurations in which host can control the AF?
> >
> > I see that Kconfig depends on ARM64 but is that what you choose
> > to support or a HW limitation?  
> 
> AF driver only run on SoC and SoC is ARM64 based. Host cannot control the AF.
> Depends on ARM64 is HW limitation.

Okay, modifying the global data is probably acceptable then.

Nothing else caught my eye here, please repost when net-next reopens.

Thanks!