From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [net-next 00/11][pull request] 1GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2018-10-17 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:27:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20181018.102739.1940841399921244287.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20181017222322.2171-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, nhorman@redhat.com, sassmann@redhat.com, sasha.neftin@intel.com To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.9]:37244 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726444AbeJSB3j (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Oct 2018 21:29:39 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20181017222322.2171-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Jeff Kirsher Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:23:11 -0700 > This series adds support for the new igc driver. > > The igc driver is the new client driver supporting the Intel I225 > Ethernet Controller, which supports 2.5GbE speeds. The reason for > creating a new client driver, instead of adding support for the new > device in e1000e, is that the silicon behaves more like devices > supported in igb driver. It also did not make sense to add a client > part, to the igb driver which supports only 1GbE server parts. > > This initial set of patches is designed for basic support (i.e. link and > pass traffic). Follow-on patch series will add more advanced support > like VLAN, Wake-on-LAN, etc.. Pulled, thanks Jeff.