Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/29] i40e base driver update

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 10:40:24AM +0800, Helin Zhang wrote:
> i40e base driver is updated, to support new X722 device IDs, and
> use rx control AQ commands to read/write rx control registers.
> Of cause, fixes and enhancements are added as listed as below.
> 
> Helin Zhang (29):
>   i40e/base: use explicit cast from u16 to u8
>   i40e/base: Acquire NVM, before issuing an AQ read nvm command
>   i40e/base: add hw flag for doing the SRCTL access using AQ for X722
>   i40e/base: add changes in nvm read to support X722
>   i40e/base: Limit DCB FW version checks to XL710/X710 devices
>   i40e/base: check for stopped admin queue
>   i40e/base: set aq count after memory allocation
>   i40e/base: clean event descriptor before use
>   i40e/base: add new device IDs and delete deprecated one
>   i40e/base: fix up recent proxy and wol bits for X722_SUPPORT
>   i40e/base: define function capabilities in only one place
>   i40e/base: Fix for PHY NVM interaction problem
>   i40e/base: set shared bit for multicast filters
>   i40e/base: add APIs to Add/remove port mirroring rules
>   i40e/base: add VEB stat control and remove L2 cloud filter
>   i40e/base: implement the API function for aq_set_switch_config
>   i40e/base: Add functions to blink led on Coppervale PHY
>   i40e/base: When in promisc mode apply promisc mode to Tx Traffic as
>     well
>   i40e/base: Increase timeout when checking GLGEN_RSTAT_DEVSTATE bit
>   i40e/base: Save off VSI resource count when updating VSI
>   i40e/base: coding style fixes
>   i40e/base: use FW to read/write rx control registers
>   i40e/base: expose some registers to program parser, FD and RSS logic
>   i40e/base: Add a Virtchnl offload for RSS PCTYPE V2
>   i40e/base: add AQ thermal sensor control struct
>   i40e/base: add/update structure and macro definitions
>   i40e: add base driver release info
>   i40e: add/remove new device IDs
>   i40e: use rx control function for rx control registers

Couple of minor nits looking through the subject list above. 
* the promiscuous mode fix has too long a title, so please shorten (maybe drop
the "when in promisc mode" bit)
* some messages start with a capital letter, others not. They should be consistent
and the standard is to not capitalize.

/Bruce