Re: [PATCH net-next v3] eea: Add basic driver framework for Alibaba Elastic Ethernet Adaptor

[Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>]

On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 09:53:57 +0800, Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@linux.spacemit.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 09:48:56AM +0800, Xuan Zhuo wrote:
> > Add a driver framework for EEA that will be available in the future.
> >
> > This driver is currently quite minimal, implementing only fundamental
> > core functionalities. Key features include: I/O queue management via
> > adminq, basic PCI-layer operations, and essential RX/TX data
> > communication capabilities. It also supports the creation,
> > initialization, and management of network devices (netdev). Furthermore,
> > the ring structures for both I/O queues and adminq have been abstracted
> > into a simple, unified, and reusable library implementation,
> > facilitating future extension and maintenance.
> >
> > This commit is indeed quite large, but further splitting it would not be
> > meaningful. Historically, many similar drivers have been introduced with
> > commits of similar size and scope, so we chose not to invest excessive
> > effort into finer-grained splitting.
> Maybe this note should go below the `---`
>                 - Troy

Yes, will fix.

Thanks


> >
> > Reviewed-by: Dust Li <dust.li@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Philo Lu <lulie@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>