netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v16 4/5] net: rnpgbe: Add basic mbx

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <13a02578-c021-4d5f-bf82-1ba6c62c5c90@linux.dev>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 15:17:46 +0000
From: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>
To: Dong Yibo <dong100@...se.com>, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com, horms@...nel.org, corbet@....net,
 andrew+netdev@...n.ch, danishanwar@...com, geert+renesas@...der.be,
 mpe@...erman.id.au, lorenzo@...nel.org, lukas.bulwahn@...hat.com
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v16 4/5] net: rnpgbe: Add basic mbx_fw support

On 27/10/2025 03:29, Dong Yibo wrote:
> Add fundamental firmware (FW) communication operations via PF-FW
> mailbox, including:
> - FW sync (via HW info query with retries)
> - HW reset (post FW command to reset hardware)
> - MAC address retrieval (request FW for port-specific MAC)
> - Power management (powerup/powerdown notification to FW)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dong Yibo <dong100@...se.com>

Reviewed-by: Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>