[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/40] bnxt: new driver for Broadcom NetXtreme-C devices

Stephen Hurd stephen.hurd at broadcom.com
Wed May 25 22:59:00 CEST 2016


Bruce, is it better at this point to modify the existing patch that adds
bnxt.rst or to create a follow-on patch?

On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Bruce Richardson <
bruce.richardson at intel.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 03:45:50PM -0700, Stephen Hurd wrote:
> > Initial skeleton simply fails init.
> > Add nic guide and tie into build system.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hurd <stephen.hurd at broadcom.com>
> > ---
> >  MAINTAINERS                                     |   5 ++
> >  config/common_base                              |   5 ++
> >  doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst                        |  49 +++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/Makefile                            |   1 +
> >  drivers/net/bnxt/Makefile                       |  63 ++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c                  | 104
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/net/bnxt/rte_pmd_bnxt_version.map       |   4 +
> >  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_pci_dev_ids.h |  40 +++++++--
> >  mk/rte.app.mk                                   |   1 +
> >  9 files changed, 267 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/bnxt/Makefile
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/bnxt/bnxt_ethdev.c
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/net/bnxt/rte_pmd_bnxt_version.map
> >
> Great to see this patchset split up finer grained, and it getting compiled
> from
> the start. Thanks for the work.
>
> One error that gets flagged by the automated patch checks here is that,
> although
> you add in a new doc for the new driver in this patch, that document is not
> included in the overall NIC guides document.
>
>     /home/bruce/next-net/dpdk-next-net/doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst:: WARNING:
> document isn't included in any toctree
>
> Regards,
> /Bruce
>
>


-- 
Stephen Hurd
Principal Engineer - Software Development
Broadcom Corporation
949-926-8039
stephen.hurd at broadcom.com


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