On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 19:07 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > From: Alice Michael <alice.mich...@intel.com> [] > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/iecm.rst > b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/iecm.rst [] > @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > + > +======================== > +Intel Ethernet Common Module > +======================== > + > +The Intel Ethernet Common Module is meant to serve as an abstraction layer > +between device specific implementation details and common net device driver > +flows. This library provides several function hooks which allow a device > driver > +to specify register addresses, control queue communications, and other device > +specific functionality. Some functions are required to be implemented while > +others have a default implementation that is used when none is supplied by > the > +device driver. Doing this, a device driver can be written to take advantage > +of existing code while also giving the flexibility to implement device > specific > +features. > + > +The common use case for this library is for a network device driver that > wants
to > +specify its own device specific details but also leverage the more common > +code flows found in network device drivers.
