From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Kirsher Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2 00/29] Add support for the Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch Host Interface Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:46:45 -0700 Message-ID: <1411415205.2513.9.camel@jtkirshe-mobl.jf.intel.com> References: <20140920234342.2977.21667.stgit@ahduyck-bv4.jf.intel.com> <1411410964.2513.1.camel@jtkirshe-mobl.jf.intel.com> <20140922.151750.1374374207690364454.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha512"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-0ej7DdQIp6DYaUBR05UD" Cc: alexander.h.duyck@intel.com, nhorman@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, john.fastabend@gmail.com, matthew.vick@intel.com, sassmann@redhat.com To: David Miller Return-path: Received: from mga09.intel.com ([134.134.136.24]:45534 "EHLO mga09.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754056AbaIVTuH (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:50:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20140922.151750.1374374207690364454.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-0ej7DdQIp6DYaUBR05UD Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2014-09-22 at 15:17 -0400, David Miller wrote: > From: Jeff Kirsher > Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:36:04 -0700 >=20 > > On Sat, 2014-09-20 at 19:45 -0400, Alexander Duyck wrote: > >> This patch series adds support for the FM10000 Ethernet switch host > >> interface. The Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch is a 48-port Ethernet sw= itch > >> supporting both Ethernet ports and PCI Express host interfaces. The f= m10k > >> driver provides support for the host interface portion of the switch, = both > >> PF and VF. > >>=20 > >> As the host interfaces are directly connected to the switch this resul= ts in > >> some significant differences versus a standard network driver. For ex= ample > >> there is no PHY or MII on the device. Since packets are delivered dir= ectly > >> from the switch to the host interface these are unnecessary. Otherwis= e most > >> of the functionality is very similar to our other network drivers such= as > >> ixgbe or igb. For example we support all the standard network offload= s, > >> jumbo frames, SR-IOV (64 VFS), PTP, and some VXLAN and NVGRE offloads. > >>=20 > >> --- > >=20 > > Dave, if it makes it easier on you, I can add Alex's series of patches > > to my net-next tree for you to pull. Just give me an hour or so so tha= t > > I can update my net-next and push his patches up to my tree. >=20 > Yeah, could you please do that? >=20 > Thanks. Working on it now, I will let you know when I have it pushed up to my tree. --=-0ej7DdQIp6DYaUBR05UD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAABCgAGBQJUIHylAAoJEOVv75VaS+3O2i0QAKYmtwj9Hy9enFuvw9vQAqcW 7Y6Y94mA07gMF801bF2kPCaNq/oTnlYNNXIE2of0HhwA8Q4H8i/YxdPj/v8c0wgO kkHvSCGT7AiJSSsynRWm8ltTGA4dAh5E+kWfeDDo74w1xCrCsgDUmlwvbTjrDjro 2wqB2Z4XFBzVL5vLKZA4vRUh2XyYvdtUkibEr67SUcGkz0X5uj0tSQIOjyxF+C0K PiiXWbXcRiPw8CBgpMWFWxSY9tyiCI9MIA9qoj7tTQZXNKY64QyXTn300/4k2oNW slsCpmcpjZX3dMzORwbX8rQn6VVERRnb9ZEDNfZ2Pn9xe5/uAE1onY5QheSMW5iw FeOYQR+3CJa6NArcTCLFV5f2nmXyWM6ZYnMeoFfriQ5tGF7sPDWlmF2KJ6hnH1mf dOlxOCGMRj95Ht00AFUvvhb6GelhC6QJ1NMDwEjNNhRZKk4XYpm5o5ck3NhvUMzb tY23enTlU5DINLUDAbcczdIDUz+4H5LRUQEPBJ9OIEwkaD6tE+eBdrTRL53c59y0 xzV1HVYPvsBNq72LOxXU43oggNIXhU1AFzgQia/kL4dbruR/JL/+RtdpQYVrxbSq 5wrhrkJQN4fZQByoCuygk+2L/LikVOxxlBYir/RZc+TvvQ0A9Yweki4OyPIx8ey3 i5S9WJHHNZVcU5xAaDu6 =1GIH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0ej7DdQIp6DYaUBR05UD--