netdev - Re: [PATCH v8 01/27] cxl: add type2 device basic support

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Message-ID: <Z31X5IvFAX5jI8vW@aschofie-mobl2.lan>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 08:35:48 -0800
From: Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@...el.com>
To: alejandro.lucero-palau@....com
Cc: linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dan.j.williams@...el.com, martin.habets@...inx.com,
	edward.cree@....com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com, dave.jiang@...el.com,
	Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/27] cxl: add type2 device basic support

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 04:10:16PM +0000, alejandro.lucero-palau@....com wrote:
> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
> 
> Differentiate CXL memory expanders (type 3) from CXL device accelerators
> (type 2) with a new function for initializing cxl_dev_state.
> 
> Create accessors to cxl_dev_state to be used by accel drivers.
> 
> Based on previous work by Dan Williams [1]
>
> Link: [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cxl/168592160379.1948938.12863272903570476312.stgit@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com/

Dan introduced some cxl-test support in [1]. What are your thoughts
on including that in this set?

I haven't revisited the circular dependency this patch introduces in
my cxl-test environment. At the moment, I cannot run the cxl test suite
for regression purposes. Can you?

Alison