RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v8 01/15] virtchnl: move virtchnl and virtchnl2 headers to 'include/linux/net/intel'

From: Loktionov, Aleksandr

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 11:39:26 EST




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf
> Of Larysa Zaremba
> Sent: Monday, June 8, 2026 4:41 PM
> To: intel-wired-lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Nguyen, Anthony L
> <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Lobakin, Aleksander <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>; Samudrala,
> Sridhar <sridhar.samudrala@xxxxxxxxx>; Michal Swiatkowski
> <michal.swiatkowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Zaremba, Larysa
> <larysa.zaremba@xxxxxxxxx>; Fijalkowski, Maciej
> <maciej.fijalkowski@xxxxxxxxx>; Tantilov, Emil S
> <emil.s.tantilov@xxxxxxxxx>; Chittim, Madhu <madhu.chittim@xxxxxxxxx>;
> Hay, Joshua A <joshua.a.hay@xxxxxxxxx>; Keller, Jacob E
> <jacob.e.keller@xxxxxxxxx>; Shanmugam, Jayaprakash
> <jayaprakash.shanmugam@xxxxxxxxx>; Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxx>;
> David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Eric Dumazet
> <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Abeni
> <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>; Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jonathan Corbet
> <corbet@xxxxxxx>; Richard Cochran <richardcochran@xxxxxxxxx>; Kitszel,
> Przemyslaw <przemyslaw.kitszel@xxxxxxxxx>; Andrew Lunn
> <andrew+netdev@xxxxxxx>; netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-
> doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Salin, Samuel
> <samuel.salin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v8 01/15] virtchnl: move
> virtchnl and virtchnl2 headers to 'include/linux/net/intel'
>
> From: Victor Raj <victor.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> virtchnl2 headers will be used by both idpf and ixd drivers, so they
> have to be moved to an include directory. On top of that, it would be
> useful to place all iavf headers together with other intel networking
> headers.
>
> Move abovementioned intel header files into 'include/linux/net/intel'.
>
> Suggested-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Victor Raj <victor.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Samuel Salin <Samuel.salin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 1 -
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_prototype.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_common.c | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_prototype.h | 3 ++-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_types.h | 4 +--
> -
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/virtchnl.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h | 2 +-
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.h | 2 +-
> include/linux/{avf => net/intel}/virtchnl.h | 0
> .../intel/idpf => include/linux/net/intel}/virtchnl2.h | 0
> .../idpf => include/linux/net/intel}/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h | 0
> 19 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) rename
> include/linux/{avf => net/intel}/virtchnl.h (100%) rename
> {drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf =>
> include/linux/net/intel}/virtchnl2.h (100%) rename
> {drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf =>
> include/linux/net/intel}/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h (100%)
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index eb8cdcc76324..952f09b40711 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -12917,7 +12917,6 @@ T: git
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue.git
> F: Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/
> F: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/
> F: drivers/net/ethernet/intel/*/

...

>
> #define IDPF_VC_XN_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MSEC (60 * 1000)
> #define IDPF_VC_XN_IDX_M GENMASK(7, 0)
> diff --git a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h
> b/include/linux/net/intel/virtchnl.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h rename to
> include/linux/net/intel/virtchnl.h
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
> b/include/linux/net/intel/virtchnl2.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
> rename to include/linux/net/intel/virtchnl2.h
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> b/include/linux/net/intel/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> rename to include/linux/net/intel/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> --
> 2.47.0


Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>