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From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
To: "Mintz, Yuval" <Yuval.Mintz@cavium.com>
Cc: "davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Kalluru, Sudarsana" <Sudarsana.Kalluru@cavium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] qede: Add driver support for PTP.
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 22:02:27 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170129210227.GB30336@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BL2PR07MB2306088B2179138BB4557FE58D480@BL2PR07MB2306.namprd07.prod.outlook.com>

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 05:30:51PM +0000, Mintz, Yuval wrote:
> That's part of the driver structuring - qed is responsible for accessing HW
> so it implements api functions for accessing PTP-related configuration,
> while qede is responsible for the network interface and thus is the one to
> register the clock and implements its API.

But there is only one 'qed', and so the separation is just busy work.
Or is there another kind of qed that I missed?

BTW, gotta love the help in your kconfig:

config QED
	tristate "QLogic QED 25/40/100Gb core driver"
	depends on PCI
	select ZLIB_INFLATE
	---help---
	  This enables the support for ...

config QEDE
	tristate "QLogic QED 25/40/100Gb Ethernet NIC"
	depends on QED
	---help---
	  This enables the support for ...

Thanks,
Richard

  reply	other threads:[~2017-01-29 21:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-01-29  7:28 [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] qed*: Add support for PTP Sudarsana Kalluru
2017-01-29  7:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] qed: Add infrastructure for PTP support Sudarsana Kalluru
2017-01-29  8:32   ` kbuild test robot
2017-01-29 15:28   ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 15:31   ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 17:26     ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-29 20:51       ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 21:36         ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-30 13:26           ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-30 18:00             ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-29  7:28 ` [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] qede: Add driver support for PTP Sudarsana Kalluru
2017-01-29 15:35   ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 17:30     ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-29 21:02       ` Richard Cochran [this message]
2017-01-29 21:40         ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-30 14:34     ` David Laight
2017-01-30 17:55       ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-31 10:03         ` David Laight
2017-01-31 14:31           ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-31 14:53             ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-31 15:08               ` Mintz, Yuval
2017-01-31 17:43                 ` Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 15:09 ` [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] qed*: Add " Richard Cochran
2017-01-29 17:23   ` Mintz, Yuval

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