Re: [PATCH net-next v8 00/10] enic: SR-IOV V2 admin channel and MBOX protocol

From: Simon Horman

Date: Fri Jun 12 2026 - 06:53:14 EST


On Tue, Jun 09, 2026 at 09:32:26AM -0700, Satish Kharat wrote:
> This series adds the admin channel infrastructure and mailbox (MBOX)
> protocol needed for V2 SR-IOV support in the enic driver.
>
> The V2 SR-IOV design uses a direct PF-VF communication channel built on
> dedicated WQ/RQ/CQ hardware resources and an MSI-X interrupt.
>
> Firmware capability and admin channel infrastructure (patches 1-4):
> - Probe-time firmware feature check for V2 SR-IOV support
> - Admin channel open/close, RQ buffer management, CQ service
> with MSI-X interrupt and workqueue-based polling
>
> MBOX protocol and VF enable (patches 5-10):
> - MBOX message types, core send/receive, PF and VF handlers
> - V2 SR-IOV enable wiring with admin channel setup
> - V2 VF probe with admin channel and PF registration
>
> Signed-off-by: Satish Kharat <satishkh@xxxxxxxxx>

Hi Satish,

There is AI-generated review of this patch-set available on both
https://sashiko.dev and https://netdev-ai.bots.linux.dev/sashiko/
I would appreciate it if you could look over that with a view
to addressing any issues that directly affect this patch.