From: Xuan Zhuo <xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Wen Gu <guwen@linux.alibaba.com>,
Philo Lu <lulie@linux.alibaba.com>,
Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo@kernel.org>,
Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@linux.dev>,
Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@redhat.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
Vivian Wang <wangruikang@iscas.ac.cn>,
Troy Mitchell <troy.mitchell@linux.spacemit.com>,
Dust Li <dust.li@linux.alibaba.com>,
alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com, kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5] eea: Add basic driver framework for Alibaba Elastic Ethernet Adaptor
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:57:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1760489853.539487-1-xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jhvl3gx63kt3xcgx3o4ppsqftgzupjojf3ygblnrapcneuks5w@cgfydxsalyii>
On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:19:29 +0200, Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> wrote:
> Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 04:18:33AM +0200, xuanzhuo@linux.alibaba.com 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.
>
> Is this another fbnic-like internally used hw which no-one outside
> Alibaba will ever get hands on, do I understand that correctly?
This device is included on Alibaba Cloud's publicly offered cloud servers. This
setup is more similar to Google's gVNIC (gve) and AWS's ENA devices.
Thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-10-15 1:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-10-13 2:18 [PATCH net-next v5] eea: Add basic driver framework for Alibaba Elastic Ethernet Adaptor Xuan Zhuo
2025-10-14 11:25 ` Paolo Abeni
2025-10-14 11:34 ` Xuan Zhuo
2025-10-14 12:43 ` Andrew Lunn
2025-10-14 12:19 ` Jiri Pirko
2025-10-15 0:57 ` Xuan Zhuo [this message]
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