RE: [net-next v2 0/9][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates 2020-04-20

["Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>]

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> From: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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> Subject: [net-next v2 0/9][pull request] 100GbE Intel Wired LAN Driver Updates
> 2020-04-20
> 
> This series contains the initial implementation of the Virtual Bus, virtbus_device,
> virtbus_driver, updates to 'ice' and 'i40e' to use the new Virtual Bus.
> 
> The primary purpose of the Virtual bus is to put devices on it and hook the
> devices up to drivers.  This will allow drivers, like the RDMA drivers, to hook up
> to devices via this Virtual bus.
> 
> This series currently builds against net-next tree.
> 
> Revision history:
> v2: Made changes based on community feedback, like Pierre-Louis's and
>     Jason's comments to update virtual bus interface.
[Kirsher, Jeffrey T] 

David Miller, I know we have heard from Greg KH and Jason Gunthorpe on the patch
series and have responded accordingly, I would like your personal opinion on the
patch series.  I respect your opinion and would like to make sure we appease all the
maintainers and users involved to get this accepted into the 5.8 kernel.

> 
> The following are changes since commit
> 82ebc889091a488b4dd95e682b3c3b889a50713c:
>   qed: use true,false for bool variables and are available in the git repository at:
>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue 100GbE
> 
> Dave Ertman (7):
>   Implementation of Virtual Bus
>   ice: Create and register virtual bus for RDMA
>   ice: Complete RDMA peer registration
>   ice: Support resource allocation requests
>   ice: Enable event notifications
>   ice: Allow reset operations
>   ice: Pass through communications to VF
> 
> Shiraz Saleem (2):
>   i40e: Move client header location
>   i40e: Register a virtbus device to provide RDMA
> 
>  Documentation/driver-api/virtual_bus.rst      |   62 +
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |    1 +
>  drivers/bus/Kconfig                           |   10 +
>  drivers/bus/Makefile                          |    2 +
>  drivers/bus/virtual_bus.c                     |  279 ++++
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/Makefile          |    1 -
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw.h           |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/Kconfig            |    2 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h        |    2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c |  133 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/Makefile       |    1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h          |   15 +
>  .../net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h   |   33 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.c   |  206 ++-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.h   |    9 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_lib.c  |   68 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_lib.h  |    3 +
>  .../net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_hw_autogen.h   |    1 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_idc.c      | 1327 +++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_idc_int.h  |  105 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c      |   50 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.h      |    4 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c     |  104 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c    |   69 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.c   |   27 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_switch.h   |    4 +
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h     |    4 +
>  .../net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_virtchnl_pf.c  |   59 +-
>  include/linux/mod_devicetable.h               |    8 +
>  .../linux/net/intel}/i40e_client.h            |   15 +
>  include/linux/net/intel/iidc.h                |  337 +++++
>  include/linux/virtual_bus.h                   |   53 +
>  scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.c             |    3 +
>  scripts/mod/file2alias.c                      |    7 +
>  34 files changed, 2942 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-)  create mode 100644
> Documentation/driver-api/virtual_bus.rst
>  create mode 100644 drivers/bus/virtual_bus.c  create mode 100644
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_idc.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_idc_int.h
>  rename {drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e => include/linux/net/intel}/i40e_client.h
> (94%)  create mode 100644 include/linux/net/intel/iidc.h  create mode 100644
> include/linux/virtual_bus.h
> 
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