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Date:   Tue, 1 Nov 2022 20:17:34 +0800
From:   Cai Huoqing <cai.huoqing@linux.dev>
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Cc:     kuba@kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
        Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@huawei.com>,
        SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>,
        Bin Chen <bin.chen@corigine.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] net: hinic: Add control command support
 for VF PMD driver in DPDK
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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 ?
> 
> BR,
> Jani.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center