On 2/20/2017 12:15 PM, Gowrishankar wrote: > From: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishanka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > Changes: > v3 - minor corrections for coding style standard. > v2 - minor corrections for gcc strict aliasing and coding style standard. > > This patch enables i40e driver in powerpc along with its altivec > intrinsic support.
It worth updating release notes to mention i40e support enabled by default for powerpc and 140e vector PMD added for powerpc. > > Signed-off-by: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishanka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > MAINTAINERS | 1 + > config/defconfig_ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc | 2 +- > doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini | 1 + > doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vec.ini | 1 + > drivers/net/i40e/Makefile | 2 + > drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_altivec.c | 654 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 6 files changed, 660 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_altivec.c > <...> > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini > b/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini > index 0d143bc..6fad048 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini > @@ -46,3 +46,4 @@ Linux VFIO = Y > x86-32 = Y > x86-64 = Y > ARMv8 = Y > +PPC_64 = Y The feature name is "Power8". > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vec.ini > b/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vec.ini > index edd6b71..f653446 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vec.ini > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vec.ini > @@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ Linux VFIO = Y > x86-32 = Y > x86-64 = Y > ARMv8 = Y > +PPC_64 = Y Same here. <...> > --- /dev/null > +++ b/drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_altivec.c > @@ -0,0 +1,654 @@ > +/*- > + * BSD LICENSE > + * > + * Copyright(c) 2010-2015 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. > + * Copyright(c) 2016 IBM Corporation. 2017 > + * All rights reserved. <...>
