From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 1/2 v4] ibmvnic: map L2/L3/L4 header descriptors to firmware Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 19:51:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20160405.195157.2030686647042617056.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1459549235-22039-1-git-send-email-tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, jallen@linux.vnet.ibm.com To: tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:35062 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760275AbcDEXwA (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Apr 2016 19:52:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1459549235-22039-1-git-send-email-tlfalcon@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Thomas Falcon Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 17:20:34 -0500 > Allow the VNIC driver to provide descriptors containing > L2/L3/L4 headers to firmware. This feature is needed > for greater hardware compatibility and enablement of checksum > and TCP offloading features. > > A new function is included for the hypervisor call, > H_SEND_SUBCRQ_INDIRECT, allowing a DMA-mapped array of SCRQ > descriptor elements to be sent to the VNIC server. > > These additions will help fully enable checksum offloading as > well as other features as they are included later. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon Applied.