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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "illusion.wang" <illusion.wang@nebula-matrix.com>
Cc: dimon.zhao@nebula-matrix.com, alvin.wang@nebula-matrix.com,
	sam.chen@nebula-matrix.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, corbet@lwn.net, horms@kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, pabeni@redhat.com,
	vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev, lukas.bulwahn@redhat.com,
	edumazet@google.com, enelsonmoore@gmail.com,
	skhan@linuxfoundation.org, hkallweit1@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: Re: [PATCH v22 net-next 01/12] net/nebula-matrix: add minimum nbl build framework
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:10:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260730181026.614aea2d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260723040110.91410-2-illusion.wang@nebula-matrix.com>

On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:00:53 +0800 illusion.wang wrote:
> +config NET_VENDOR_NEBULA_MATRIX
> +	bool "Nebula-matrix devices"
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  If you have a network (Ethernet) card belonging to this class, say Y.
> +	  Note that the answer to this question doesn't directly affect the
> +	  kernel: saying N will just cause the configurator to skip all
> +	  the questions about Nebula-matrix cards. If you say Y, you will be asked
> +	  for your specific card in the following questions.
> +
> +if NET_VENDOR_NEBULA_MATRIX
> +
> +config NBL
> +	tristate "Nebula-matrix Ethernet Controller m18110/m18000 support"
> +	depends on PCI && (64BIT || COMPILE_TEST) && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> +	help
> +	  This driver supports Nebula-matrix Ethernet Controller m18110/m18000
> +	  Family of devices.  For more information about this product, go to
> +	  the product description with smart NIC:
> +
> +	  <http://www.nebula-matrix.com>

Let's skip the "For more information.. " and the link the sentence
below pointing to Documentation is enough. 

> +	  More specific information on configuring the driver is in
> +	  <file:Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/nebula-matrix/nbl.rst>.
> +
> +	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here. The module
> +	  will be called nbl.

> +enum {
> +	NBL_CAP_HAS_CTRL_BIT,
> +	NBL_CAP_HAS_NET_BIT,
> +};

This enum is unused in the patch.
Please don't add unused code, it makes the submission hard to review.


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-31  1:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-23  4:00 [PATCH v22 net-next 00/12] nbl driver for Nebulamatrix NICs illusion.wang
2026-07-23  4:00 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 01/12] net/nebula-matrix: add minimum nbl build framework illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:10   ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2026-07-23  4:00 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 02/12] net/nebula-matrix: add core driver architecture and HW layer initialization illusion.wang
2026-07-30  9:18   ` 回复:[PATCH " Illusion Wang
2026-07-31  1:13   ` [PATCH " Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:00 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 03/12] net/nebula-matrix: add channel wire opcode enum definitions illusion.wang
2026-07-23  4:00 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 04/12] net/nebula-matrix: add channel layer illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:27   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:00 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 05/12] net/nebula-matrix: add common resource implementation illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:00 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 06/12] net/nebula-matrix: add intr " illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:00 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 07/12] net/nebula-matrix: add chip-wide hardware init/deinit implementation illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:01 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 08/12] net/nebula-matrix: dispatch: add control-level routing core infrastructure illusion.wang
2026-07-23  4:01 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 09/12] net/nebula-matrix: dispatch: add cross-version channel message framework illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:01 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 10/12] net/nebula-matrix: dispatch: add mutual exclusion lock for shared hardware resource ops illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:01 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 11/12] net/nebula-matrix: add common/ctrl dev init/remove operation illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-23  4:01 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 12/12] net/nebula-matrix: add common dev start/stop operation illusion.wang
2026-07-31  1:30   ` Jakub Kicinski
2026-07-31  1:29 ` [PATCH v22 net-next 00/12] nbl driver for Nebulamatrix NICs Jakub Kicinski

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