Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:01:26 +0200 | From | Jiri Pirko <> | Subject | Re: [net-next PATCH v2 9/9] octeontx2-pf: Add representors for sdp MAC |
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Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 08:09:03AM CEST, sgoutham@marvell.com wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 6:35 PM >> To: Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@marvell.com> >> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; kuba@kernel.org; >> davem@davemloft.net; pabeni@redhat.com; edumazet@google.com; Sunil >> Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com>; Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta >> <sbhatta@marvell.com>; Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@marvell.com> >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net-next PATCH v2 9/9] octeontx2-pf: Add >> representors for sdp MAC >> >> Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:54:01AM CEST, gakula@marvell.com wrote: >> >Current silicons support 2 types of MACs, SDP and >> >> What's SDP? Care to elaborate a bit here? >> >> >> >RPM MAC. This patch adds representors for SDP MAC interfaces. >> > > >Hardware supports different types of MACs eg RPM, SDP, LBK. >LBK is for internal Tx->Rx HW loopback path. RPM and SDP >MACs support ingress/egress pkt IO on interfaces with different >set of capabilities like interface modes. At the time of netdev driver >registration PF will seek MAC related information from Admin function driver >'drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af' and sets up ingress/egress >queues etc such that pkt IO on the channels of these different MACs is possible.
Add this to the patch desctiption please.
> >Thanks, >Sunil.
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