Re: [net-next PATCH v11 01/11] octeontx2-pf: Refactoring RVU driver
From: Jiri Pirko
Date: Thu Aug 22 2024 - 10:31:20 EST
Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 03:20:21PM CEST, gakula@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Refactoring and export list of shared functions such that
>they can be used by both RVU NIC and representor driver.
>
>The changes include:
>1. Moves nix_stats_lf_tx/rx structure definition into header file
> so that it can be reused by the AF driver while fetching representor
> port stats.
>2. Representor PF shares same mbox design as of RVU PF and have same HW
> resources(TX/RX queues). Hence, mbox and HW resources configuration
> function APIs are exported so that it can be used by representor driver.
>3. Moving the link type checks and tx credit configuration into common API.
>4. TX/RX queue memory operations are combined under new API.
>5. Add extraction of queue and vlan id to common API so that it can be
> used while matching mcam traffic rules.
I see 5 patches at least then. Again, please have this as a separate
patchset, one logical change per patch.