Re: [dpdk-dev] [[PATCH v2]] net/bnxt: use dedicated cpr for async events

[Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>]

On 7/24/2019 5:49 PM, Lance Richardson wrote:
> This commit enables the creation of a dedicated completion
> ring for asynchronous event handling instead of handling these
> events on a receive completion ring.
> 
> For the stingray platform and other platforms needing tighter
> control of resource utilization, we retain the ability to
> process async events on a receive completion ring.
> 
> For Thor-based adapters, we use a dedicated NQ (notification
> queue) ring for async events (async events can't currently
> be received on a completion ring due to a firmware limitation).
> 
> Rename "def_cp_ring" to "async_cp_ring" to better reflect its
> purpose (async event notifications) and to avoid confusion with
> VNIC default receive completion rings.
> 
> Allow rxq 0 to be stopped when not being used for async events.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lance Richardson <lance.richardson@broadcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalesh AP <kalesh-anakkur.purayil@broadcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>

Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.