From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77097C433DF for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 18:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EBAA207D3 for ; Thu, 28 May 2020 18:07:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2391423AbgE1SHs (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2020 14:07:48 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47840 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2391279AbgE1SHr (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 May 2020 14:07:47 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net (shards.monkeyblade.net [IPv6:2620:137:e000::1:9]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E76CC08C5C6; Thu, 28 May 2020 11:07:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2601:601:9f00:477::3d5]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: davem-davemloft) by shards.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E723B1295A26E; Thu, 28 May 2020 11:07:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 11:07:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20200528.110746.401143968929865213.davem@davemloft.net> To: doshir@vmware.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, pv-drivers@vmware.com, kuba@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/4] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 4 From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20200528015426.8285-1-doshir@vmware.com> References: <20200528015426.8285-1-doshir@vmware.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.8 on Emacs 26.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Thu, 28 May 2020 11:07:47 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ronak Doshi Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 18:54:22 -0700 > vmxnet3 emulation has recently added several new features which includes > offload support for tunnel packets, support for new commands the driver > can issue to emulation, change in descriptor fields, etc. This patch > series extends the vmxnet3 driver to leverage these new features. > > Compatibility is maintained using existing vmxnet3 versioning mechanism as > follows: > - new features added to vmxnet3 emulation are associated with new vmxnet3 > version viz. vmxnet3 version 4. > - emulation advertises all the versions it supports to the driver. > - during initialization, vmxnet3 driver picks the highest version number > supported by both the emulation and the driver and configures emulation > to run at that version. ... Series applied, thank you.