From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: himanshu.madhani@qlogic.com
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver@qlogic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] qlcnic: Mailbox refactoring
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:04:56 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130801.230456.1812905714664888247.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1375438720.git.himanshu.madhani@qlogic.com>
From: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@qlogic.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 00:57:38 -0400
> From: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@qlogic.com>
>
> This series contains following patches
>
> o in v2 series, we received feedback on return codes to use standard error
> codes instead of mixing custom error codes. We have modified patch for
> loopback diagnostic test to return standard error codes.
>
> o rest of the 3 patches in the series are for mailbox refactoring
>
> Current driver-firmware mailbox interface was operating in polling mode
> because of some limitations with the earlier versions of 83xx adapter
> firmware. These issues are resolved now and we are implementing the
> mailbox interface in interrupt mode.
>
> There are three patches which refactors mailbox handling:
> * Interrupt mode mailbox implantation.
> * Replace poll mode mailbox interfaces with interrupt mode interfaces.
> * Operate mailbox in poll mode when interrupts are not available.
>
> changes from v2 -> v3
> * Addressed review feedback to use standard return codes for loopback
> diagnostic test.
>
> Please consider applying these patches to net-next.
Series applied, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-02 6:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-08-02 4:57 [PATCH net-next v3 0/5] qlcnic: Mailbox refactoring Himanshu Madhani
2013-08-02 4:57 ` [PATCH net-next v3 1/5] qlcnic: Enhance diagnostic loopback error codes Himanshu Madhani
2013-08-02 4:57 ` [PATCH net-next v3 2/5] qlcnic: Interrupt based driver firmware mailbox mechanism Himanshu Madhani
2013-08-02 4:57 ` [PATCH net-next v3 3/5] qlcnic: Replace poll mode mailbox interface with interrupt based mailbox interface Himanshu Madhani
2013-08-02 4:57 ` [PATCH net-next v3 4/5] qlcnic: Enable mailbox interface in poll mode when interrupts are not available Himanshu Madhani
2013-08-02 4:57 ` [PATCH net-next v3 5/5] qlcnic: Update version to 5.2.45 Himanshu Madhani
2013-08-02 6:04 ` David Miller [this message]
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