netdev - Re: [PATCH v20 08/22] cxl/sfc: Initialize dpa without a mailbox

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Message-ID: <20251112155233.0000243e@huawei.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:52:33 +0000
From: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
To: <alejandro.lucero-palau@....com>
CC: <linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<dan.j.williams@...el.com>, <edward.cree@....com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>, <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<dave.jiang@...el.com>, Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>, Ben Cheatham
	<benjamin.cheatham@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v20 08/22] cxl/sfc: Initialize dpa without a mailbox

On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:36:43 +0000
alejandro.lucero-palau@....com wrote:

> From: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
> 
> Type3 relies on mailbox CXL_MBOX_OP_IDENTIFY command for initializing
> memdev state params which end up being used for DPA initialization.
> 
> Allow a Type2 driver to initialize DPA simply by giving the size of its
> volatile hardware partition.
> 
> Move related functions to memdev.
> 
> Add sfc driver as the client.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Lucero <alucerop@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ben Cheatham <benjamin.cheatham@....com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>
> ---
Side note that it would be really handy when we are down to this last
version or so before merge to have a short change log in each patch
(here under the ---)  Saves a bunch of reviewer time checking back on what
we need to look out for when it might be trivial:
such as the patch description change in this one