netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] eea: Add basic driver framework for Alibaba Elastic Ethernet Adaptor

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Message-ID: <DC717B917DF04BF3+aMy3tTTi0NZc-lIg@LT-Guozexi>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:53:57 +0800
From: Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@...ux.spacemit.com>
To: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Philo Lu <lulie@...ux.alibaba.com>,
	Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@...nel.org>,
	Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
	Vivian Wang <wangruikang@...as.ac.cn>,
	Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@...ux.spacemit.com>,
	Dust Li <dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] eea: Add basic driver framework for Alibaba
 Elastic Ethernet Adaptor

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 09:48:56AM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> Add a driver framework for EEA that will be available in the future.
> 
> This driver is currently quite minimal, implementing only fundamental
> core functionalities. Key features include: I/O queue management via
> adminq, basic PCI-layer operations, and essential RX/TX data
> communication capabilities. It also supports the creation,
> initialization, and management of network devices (netdev). Furthermore,
> the ring structures for both I/O queues and adminq have been abstracted
> into a simple, unified, and reusable library implementation,
> facilitating future extension and maintenance.
> 
> This commit is indeed quite large, but further splitting it would not be
> meaningful. Historically, many similar drivers have been introduced with
> commits of similar size and scope, so we chose not to invest excessive
> effort into finer-grained splitting.
Maybe this note should go below the `---`
                - Troy
> 
> Reviewed-by: Dust Li <dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Reviewed-by: Philo Lu <lulie@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wen Gu <guwen@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>