[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/28] bnxt: new features, bug fixes and more

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 3/29/2017 1:14 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/28/2017 4:48 AM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
>> Apart from adding support for VF-PF/PF-VF communication, new dev_ops,
>> few bug fixes and improve debug capabilities, this patchset updates
>> the driver to the newer HWRM version 1.7.4
>>
>> New dev_ops supported:
>> set_mc_addr_list, xstats_get/reset, mac_addr_set, vlan_filter_set,
>> vlan_strip_queue_set, vlan_offload_set, udp_tunnel_port_add/del
>>
>> bug fixes:
>> use only long BDs in Tx path to avoid a potential bug in hardware,
>> fix interrupt handler, set the VMDQ pool size correctly
>>
>> Derived from an autogenerated file, the last patch updates the
>> HWRM version to 1.7.4
> 
> Hi Ajit,
> 
> It looks like bnxt also started supporting PMD specific APIs in this
> patchset. Perhaps we should investigate them if are there common ones
> with other PMDs and if so move them to ethdev layer instead of PMD
> specific API.
> 
> 
> BTW, There are new PMD features in this patchset, and patchset sent two
> days before integration deadline.
> 
> The process is, new feature patches sent before proposal deadline, which
> was March 3 for this release, and let patches reviewed and new versions
> sent until integration deadline. If patches acked before integration
> deadline, they are integrated.
> 
> So this patchset is too late for this release, will be considered for
> next release.

For further usage, patchset gives build error for 32bit and shared
library builds.

> 
> If you have urgent fixes, please separate them into another patchset,
> and we can work on them to get into this release, but still it is so
> close to integration deadline, no promises.
> 
> Thanks,
> ferruh