> -----Original Message----- > From: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 3:33 PM > To: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>; Skidmore, Donald C > <[email protected]>; Burra, Phani R > <[email protected]>; Brady, Alan <[email protected]>; Michael, > Alice <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [net-next RFC 00/15] Intel Ethernet Common Module and Data > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 15:03 > > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [net-next RFC 00/15] Intel Ethernet Common Module and > > Data > > > > On Tue, 26 May 2020 21:29:06 -0700 Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > > This series introduces both the Intel Ethernet Common Module and the > > > Intel Data Plane Function. The patches also incorporate extended > > > features and functionality added in the virtchnl.h file. > > > > Is this a driver for your SmartNIC? Or a common layer for ice, iavf, > > or whatnot to use? Could you clarify the relationship with existing > drivers? > [Kirsher, Jeffrey T] > > Adding the developers to this thread to help explain. [Skidmore, Donald C]
Currently this is a common layer only for the idpf driver (PF driver for SmartNIC). The plan is to switch our iavf driver to use this common module in the next few months.
