Messages in this thread | | | From | Jani Nikula <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: hinic: Add control command support for VF PMD driver in DPDK | Date | Tue, 01 Nov 2022 12:46:32 +0200 |
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2022, Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@linux.dev> wrote: > HINIC has a mailbox for PF-VF communication and the VF driver > could send port control command to PF driver via mailbox. > > The control command only can be set to register in PF, > so add support in PF driver for VF PMD driver control > command when VF PMD driver work with linux PF driver. > > Then there is no need to add handlers to nic_vf_cmd_msg_handler[], > because the host driver just forwards it to the firmware. > Actually the firmware works on a coprocessor MGMT_CPU(inside the NIC) > which will recv and deal with these commands. > > Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@linux.dev>
Out of curiosity, what exactly compelled you to Cc me on this particular patch? I mean there aren't a whole lot of places in the kernel that would be more off-topic for me. :)
BR, Jani.
-- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
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