[PATCH 2/2] net/hns3: support backplane media type

[Dongdong Liu]

Hi Ferruh

Many thanks for your review
On 2022/6/21 20:57, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 6/11/2022 8:42 AM, Dongdong Liu wrote:
>> From: Chengwen Feng<fengchengwen at huawei.com>
>>
>> The 802.11 physical PMA sub-layer defines three media: copper, fiber and
>> backplane. For PMD, the backplane is similar to the fiber, the main
>> differences are that backplane doesn't have optical module.
>>
>> Because the interface of firmware fiber is also applicable to the
>> backplane, this patch supports the backplane only through simple
>> extension.
>>
>> Cc:stable at dpdk.org
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng<fengchengwen at huawei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Liu<liudongdong3 at huawei.com>
>
> What do you think to document new 'backplane' media type support in
> release notes?
Good point, will do.

Thanks,
Dongdong
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