On 2/23/2017 4:39 AM, Gowrishankar wrote: > From: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishanka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > This patch enables i40e driver in powerpc along with its altivec > intrinsic support. > > Changes: > v4 - docs and config update. > v3 - minor corrections for coding style standard. > v2 - minor corrections for gcc strict aliasing and coding style standard. > > > Signed-off-by: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishanka...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > MAINTAINERS | 1 + > config/defconfig_ppc_64-power8-linuxapp-gcc | 1 - > doc/guides/nics/features/i40e.ini | 1 + > doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vec.ini | 1 + > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_17_05.rst | 3 + > drivers/net/i40e/Makefile | 2 + > drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_altivec.c | 654 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 7 files changed, 662 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_altivec.c > > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS > index 24e0eff..8da7573 100644 > --- a/MAINTAINERS > +++ b/MAINTAINERS > @@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ IBM POWER > M: Chao Zhu <chao...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > F: lib/librte_eal/common/arch/ppc_64/ > F: lib/librte_eal/common/include/arch/ppc_64/ > +F: drivers/net/i40e/i40e_rxtx_vec_altivec.c
Overall patch looks good to me, I would get it. But this patch adds a new responsibility to "Chao Zhu", I believe this requires an explicit ACK from him. Thanks, ferruh
