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[147.75.80.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a640c23a62f3a-a5a17946244si141610366b.133.2024.05.09.20.35.12 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 09 May 2024 20:35:12 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel+bounces-175251-linux.lists.archive=gmail.com@vger.kernel.org designates 147.75.80.249 as permitted sender) client-ip=147.75.80.249; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@kernel.org header.s=k20201202 header.b=eqoTGhxT; arc=pass (i=1 dkim=pass dkdomain=kernel.org); spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel+bounces-175251-linux.lists.archive=gmail.com@vger.kernel.org designates 147.75.80.249 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="linux-kernel+bounces-175251-linux.lists.archive=gmail.com@vger.kernel.org"; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=kernel.org Received: from smtp.subspace.kernel.org (wormhole.subspace.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by am.mirrors.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84FBD1F22ABC for ; Fri, 10 May 2024 03:35:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 301D8149C5D; Fri, 10 May 2024 03:35:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="eqoTGhxT" Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57A8A1311A0; Fri, 10 May 2024 03:35:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715312102; cv=none; b=W456SW/JxbvU88/YYvIef9EQ1/SIQbIEo0iYTcDmHzWuF5ppR5zraleniuL6V9H4DLPM+jgDTfosAwU527RcFbioap9036QcitsH4M8dTPckQeklcK/XeWE0rRS9oz0s2FCvV1uPnTfP8CYvOg8g7rv2YJOofAmrAKb+2GtE40w= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1715312102; c=relaxed/simple; bh=+Ta6Pwu8WoR4FFGhzCqVCvFxwKMS/hKwRzp3wA+8sCg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=A0Lp/4FoJPtudygGS/V9JYIL1tvGjei0bf5HIL3MunHyzb+ZKt5LM9FUqVm36wdsR3Dpt5NbnWRDfy7Ky/qfVuHnFqqrI4fmJ7EuANsE1NSvOIMTf0fbjrM1Sw86u2Q873z2Ce2Lg65z8ng6ua38nwNVp6sBHVMRflqTKv+TPnY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=eqoTGhxT; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 87D97C113CC; Fri, 10 May 2024 03:35:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1715312102; bh=+Ta6Pwu8WoR4FFGhzCqVCvFxwKMS/hKwRzp3wA+8sCg=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=eqoTGhxTNKp+V7lKHBn6M0UcIfkoUIfXnytVptwE6KnEgFtlHWhaB7ETTvCualcdq vbM3ZeF/UlnhazK6UIlxFJoiHJket82X0c2GtSbhIqRd5LV5Se6E7IzFf4k2FpQHpY pmO/KdOE1xiFip8hCf6U53kv7mmd7kNDEa3E+PO36fdDwB8mfYHGqJz32Fq76cl4ff gOLqNfU7Q7axkKGiSkPw4fjqX/UduhiUWzPCvgxCd8zZUaVvZkXKpNrcSQByNmYeUM 1HMEKK0KF5Rx6CQwE6Dy959YE5n6Vb08RUDxYa90D/bhYWxEbmealZjPk6B61VrcTl jjMnZ++Jiqeog== Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 20:35:00 -0700 From: Jakub Kicinski To: Geetha sowjanya Cc: , , , , , , , Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v4 02/10] octeontx2-pf: RVU representor driver Message-ID: <20240509203500.706e446e@kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20240507163921.29683-3-gakula@marvell.com> References: <20240507163921.29683-1-gakula@marvell.com> <20240507163921.29683-3-gakula@marvell.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Tue, 7 May 2024 22:09:13 +0530 Geetha sowjanya wrote: > This patch adds basic driver for the RVU representor. > Driver on probe does pci specific initialization and does hw > resources configuration. > Introduces RVU_ESWITCH kernel config to enable/disable > this driver. Representor and NIC shares the code but representors > netdev support subset of NIC functionality. Hence "otx2_rep_dev" > api helps to skip the features initialization that are not supported > by the representors. It's quite unusual to have a separate PCI device for representors. Why not extend the existing PF driver? This driver spawns no netdevs by default?