From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@marvell.com>
Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Haseeb Gani <hgani@marvell.com>,
Vimlesh Kumar <vimleshk@marvell.com>,
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Veerasenareddy Burru <vburru@marvell.com>,
Sathesh B Edara <sedara@marvell.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] octeon_ep: implement device unload control net API
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:27:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231128082712.223c4590@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <PH0PR18MB4734281BD887FD9AFD64B2DEC7BCA@PH0PR18MB4734.namprd18.prod.outlook.com>
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 04:22:11 +0000 Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:21:34 -0800 Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> > > Device unload control net function should inform firmware
> >
> > What is "control net" again?
>
> Control net is just a software layer which is used by the host driver
> as well as the firmware to communicate with each other, given in the
> source file octep_ctrl_net.c and the corresponding octep_ctrl_net.h
> interface, which is already part of upstreamed driver.
Yes, I think it went in before I had time to nack it.
I'm strongly against using the IP stack to talk to FW,
if you read the ML you would know it.
No new patches to octep_ctrl_net will be accepted.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-11-28 16:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-11-27 16:21 [PATCH net-next v1 0/2] support OCTEON CN98 devices Shinas Rasheed
2023-11-27 16:21 ` [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] octeon_ep: implement device unload control net API Shinas Rasheed
2023-11-28 2:43 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-11-28 4:22 ` [EXT] " Shinas Rasheed
2023-11-28 16:27 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-11-28 19:08 ` Shinas Rasheed
2023-11-28 21:54 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-11-29 4:42 ` Shinas Rasheed
2023-11-27 16:21 ` [PATCH net-next v1 2/2] octeon_ep: support OCTEON CN98 devices Shinas Rasheed
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