RE: [Patch v9 00/18] Introduce Microsoft Azure Network Adatper (MANA) PMD

[Long Li]

> Subject: Re: [Patch v9 00/18] Introduce Microsoft Azure Network Adatper
> (MANA) PMD
> 
> On 9/24/2022 3:45 AM, lon...@linuxonhyperv.com wrote:
> 
> >
> > From: Long Li <lon...@microsoft.com>
> >
> > MANA is a network interface card to be used in the Azure cloud
> environment.
> > MANA provides safe access to user memory through memory registration.
> > It has IOMMU built into the hardware.
> >
> > MANA uses IB verbs and RDMA layer to configure hardware resources. It
> > requires the corresponding RDMA kernel-mode and user-mode drivers.
> >
> > The MANA RDMA kernel-mode driver is being reviewed at:
> >
> https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatc
> >
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> > The MANA RDMA user-mode driver is being reviewed at:
> >
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> >
> > Long Li (18):
> >    net/mana: add basic driver with build environment and doc
> >    net/mana: device configuration and stop
> >    net/mana: report supported ptypes
> >    net/mana: support link update
> >    net/mana: support device removal interrupts
> >    net/mana: report device info
> >    net/mana: configure RSS
> >    net/mana: configure Rx queues
> >    net/mana: configure Tx queues
> >    net/mana: implement memory registration
> >    net/mana: implement the hardware layer operations
> >    net/mana: start/stop Tx queues
> >    net/mana: start/stop Rx queues
> >    net/mana: receive packets
> >    net/mana: send packets
> >    net/mana: start/stop device
> >    net/mana: report queue stats
> >    net/mana: support Rx interrupts
> >
> 
> Hi Long,
> 
> Driver looks good, only I put a few minor comments, can you please check
> them?
> 
> Thanks,
> ferruh

Hi Ferruh,

I will send v10 to address all the comments.

Thanks,
Long