Re: [PATCH v11 1/5] net/enetfec: introduce NXP ENETFEC driver

["Sachin Saxena (OSS)" <sachin.saxena@oss.nxp.com>]

On 3/23/2023 4:37 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/23/2023 6:00 AM, Sachin Saxena (OSS) wrote:
>> On 3/21/2023 11:33 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
>>> On 11/15/2021 7:19 AM, Apeksha Gupta wrote:
>>>> +ENETFEC
>>>> +-------
>>>> +
>>>> +This section provides an overview of the NXP ENETFEC and how it is
>>>> +integrated into the DPDK. Driver is taken as **experimental** as driver
>>>> +depends on a Linux kernel module 'enetfec-uio', which is not upstreamed
>>>> +yet.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Apeksha, Hemant,
>>>
>>> I wonder what was the fate of the 'enetfec-uio' kernel module, is it
>>> upstreamed?
>>> Is there any change in the status of the driver?
>>>
>>
>> It is not up-streamed yet as we got some review comments from internal
>> Linux team. The re-use of PHY handling in enetfec-uio driver is point of
>> objection.
>> So, we are currently working on changing the design and most probably,
>> we may design new driver w/o UIO support.
>>
> 
> Got it, thanks for update.
> 
> I assume users still can get this kernel module via SDK, right?
> 

Yes.

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Thanks,
Sachin Saxena
(NXP)