[dpdk-stable] [BACKPORT v5 0/4] net/i40e: fix multiple driver support issue

[Luca Boccassi]

On Tue, 2018-02-06 at 11:17 +0800, Beilei Xing wrote:
> DPDK i40e PMD will modify some global registers during initialization
> and post initialization, there'll be impact during use of 700 series
> Ethernet Adapter with both Linux kernel and DPDK PMD.
> This patchset adds logs for global configuration and adds device args
> to disable global configuration and change interrupt for PF.
> 
> This patchset is based on 16.11.4 LTS.
> Commit id: 516447a5056c093e4d020011a69216b453576782
> 
> v5 changes:
>  - Change the prefix with BACKPORT instead of PATCH.
> 
> v4 changes:
>  - Add doc for new parameter.
>  - Fix logical error.
> 
> v3 changes:
>  - Fix interrupt conflict when using multiple driver.
> 
> v2 changes:
>  - Add warning logs and debug logs.
> 
> Beilei Xing (4):
>   net/i40e: add warnings when writing global registers
>   net/i40e: add debug logs when writing global registers
>   net/i40e: fix multiple driver support issue
>   net/i40e: fix interrupt conflict when using multi-driver
> 
>  doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst          |  27 +++
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c    | 412
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h    |  63 +++++-
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev_vf.c |   4 +-
>  4 files changed, 392 insertions(+), 114 deletions(-)

This is a new feature-ish (new command line parameter), but given it's
backward compatible (disabled by default) and will be tested by the
vendor, I am OK with including it in the 16.11 LTS.

Series applied and pushed to dpdk-stable/16.11. Thanks!

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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi