Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mvpp2: Split the PPv2 driver to a dedicated directory

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Jun 01 2018 - 11:48:10 EST


From: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2018 10:07:43 +0200

> As the mvpp2 driver is growing, move this driver to a dedicated
> directory and split it into several files.
>
> Since this driver has a lot of register defines and structure
> definitions, it can benefit from having all of this into a dedicated
> header file, named mvpp2.h.
>
> A good chunk of the mvpp2 code is dedicated to Header Parser handling, so
> we introduce mvpp2_prs.h where all Header Parser definitions are located,
> and mvpp2_prs.c containing the related code.
>
> In the same way, mvpp2_cls.h and mvpp2_cls.c are created to contain
> Classifier and RSS related code.
>
> The former 'mvpp2.c' file is renamed 'mvpp2_main.c' so that we can keep
> the driver binary named 'mvpp2'.
>
> This commit is only about spliting the driver into multiple files and
> doesn't introduce any new function, feature or fix besides removing
> 'static' keywords when needed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> This is based on the latest net-next, I expect no conflicts but due to
> the amount of code this patchs touches, it can easily become un-appliable.
>
> Tell me if that's the case, I'll be happy to rebase it if needed.

Applied, thank you.