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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 04:22:11 +0000
From: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@...vell.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
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Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] octeon_ep: implement device
 unload control net API



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 8:13 AM
> To: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@...vell.com>
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:21:34 -0800 Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> > Device unload control net function should inform firmware
> 
> What is "control net" again?

Control net is just a software layer which is used by the host driver as well as the firmware to communicate with each other, given in the source file octep_ctrl_net.c and the corresponding octep_ctrl_net.h interface, which is already part of upstreamed driver.

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