On 6/7/2019 2:45 PM, Lance Richardson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 6:52 AM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@intel.com> wrote: >> >> 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)) > > Hi Ferruh, > > I just sent a patch to address the doc and release notes (Ajit had foreseen > the need for those changes already, so they were pretty much ready to go).
Thanks, I am checking now. > > The web page already includes NetXtreme-E, which includes BCM57508. > It would probably be better to list individual part numbers for each family, > but that will take longer to turn around. If the information in the web (NetXtreme-E) already covers this new controller, I am good. It is up to you to list individual part numbers or not.
