Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/11] add support for BCM57508 controller

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

On 6/7/2019 11:48 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 6/2/2019 6:42 PM, Lance Richardson wrote:
>> NOTE: This patch series has dependencies on the "bnxt patchset"
>> series that is currently under review.
>>
>> This patch series adds  support to the bnxt PMD for the
>> BCM57508 Ethernet controller (a.k.a the "Thor" controller).
> 
> Can you please send doc [1] and web page [2] and release notes [3] patches to
> document this new device support?
> 
> [1]
> doc/guides/nics/bnxt.rst
> 
> [2]
> https://core.dpdk.org/supported/nics/broadcom/
> 
> [3]
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst
> 
>>
>> Patches 1-5 include cleanups and bug fixes for the existing driver.
>>
>> Patch 6 adds support for "extended" HWRM requests. Extended
>> HWRM requests are larger in size and use indirection to a
>> buffer in host memory.
>>
>> Patch 7 refactors doorbell handling in preparation for 
>> the doorbell protocol used for Thor.
>> Patch 8 refactors descriptor ring allocation in preparation
>> for thor, which requires an additional "notification queue"
>> ring to be associated with transmit/receive completion rings.
>>
>> Patch 9 contains the core of the changes needed to support the
>> thor controller.
>>
>> Patch 10 adds thor-specific completion coalescing configuration.
>>
>> Patch 11 adds thor-specific support for RSS.
>>
>> Lance Richardson (11):
>>   net/bnxt: endianness conversions in cp ring macros
>>   net/bnxt: fix ring type macro name usage
>>   net/bnxt: fix width in stats ctx endian conversion
>>   net/bnxt: use consistent values for vnic RSS rule
>>   net/bnxt: reset function earlier in initialization
>>   net/bnxt: support extended hwrm request sizes
>>   net/bnxt: refactor doorbell handling
>>   net/bnxt: refactor ring allocation code
>>   net/bnxt: add support for thor controller
>>   net/bnxt: enable completion coalescing for thor
>>   net/bnxt: enable RSS for thor-based controllers
> 
> 

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.

(Please send above requested documentation updates, I will squash them into
patchset if they can make on time (before merged to mainline))