netdev - Re: [net-next v3 00/15] Introduce Intel IDPF driver

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Message-ID: <97f635bf-a793-7d10-9a5e-2847816dda1d@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:55:06 -0700
From:   "Tantilov, Emil S" <emil.s.tantilov@...el.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <joshua.a.hay@...el.com>, <sridhar.samudrala@...el.com>,
        <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>, <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
        <willemb@...gle.com>, <decot@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
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        <phani.r.burra@...el.com>, <shailendra.bhatnagar@...el.com>,
        <pavan.kumar.linga@...el.com>, <shannon.nelson@....com>,
        <simon.horman@...igine.com>, <leon@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [net-next v3 00/15] Introduce Intel IDPF driver



On 4/26/2023 7:46 PM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Apr 2023 19:09:02 -0700 Emil Tantilov wrote:
>> This patch series introduces the Intel Infrastructure Data Path Function
>> (IDPF) driver. It is used for both physical and virtual functions. Except
>> for some of the device operations the rest of the functionality is the
>> same for both PF and VF. IDPF uses virtchnl version2 opcodes and
>> structures defined in the virtchnl2 header file which helps the driver
>> to learn the capabilities and register offsets from the device
>> Control Plane (CP) instead of assuming the default values.
> 
> This is not the right time to post patches, see below.
> 
> Please have Tony/Jesse take over posting of this code to the list
> going forward. Intel has a history of putting upstream training on
> the community, we're not going thru this again.
> 
> 
> ## Form letter - net-next-closed
> 
> The merge window for v6.3 has begun and therefore net-next is closed
> for new drivers, features, code refactoring and optimizations.
> We are currently accepting bug fixes only.
> 
> Please repost when net-next reopens after May 8th.
> 
> RFC patches sent for review only are obviously welcome at any time.
> 
> See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/next/process/maintainer-netdev.html#development-cycle

The v3 series are primarily for review on IWL (to intel-wired-lan, 
netdev cc-ed) as follow up for the feedback we received on v2.

Was I not supposed to cc netdev in the quiet period?

Thanks,
Emil