> -----Original Message----- > From: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 3:33 PM > To: Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org>; Skidmore, Donald C > <donald.c.skidm...@intel.com>; Burra, Phani R > <phani.r.bu...@intel.com>; Brady, Alan <alan.br...@intel.com>; Michael, > Alice <alice.mich...@intel.com> > Cc: da...@davemloft.net; netdev@vger.kernel.org; > nhor...@redhat.com; sassm...@redhat.com > Subject: RE: [net-next RFC 00/15] Intel Ethernet Common Module and Data > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 15:03 > > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com> > > Cc: da...@davemloft.net; netdev@vger.kernel.org; > nhor...@redhat.com; > > sassm...@redhat.com > > 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.
