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 14:37:39 +0200 |
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On Tue, 01 Nov 2022, Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@linux.dev> wrote: > On 01 11月 22 12:46:32, Jani Nikula wrote: >> 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. :) > run ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl this patch in net-next > then get your email > Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com> (commit_signer:1/8=12%) > Maybe you have some commits in net subsystem ?
A grand total of 3 commits in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ two years ago, adding 3 const keywords, nowhere near of what you're changing.
get_maintainer.pl is utterly broken to suggest I should be Cc'd.
BR, Jani.
>> >> BR, >> Jani. >> >> >> -- >> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
-- Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center
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