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    SubjectRe: [net-next PATCH v2 9/9] octeontx2-pf: Add representors for sdp MAC
    Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 08:09:03AM CEST, sgoutham@marvell.com wrote:
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    >
    >> -----Original Message-----
    >> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
    >> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 6:35 PM
    >> To: Geethasowjanya Akula <gakula@marvell.com>
    >> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; kuba@kernel.org;
    >> davem@davemloft.net; pabeni@redhat.com; edumazet@google.com; Sunil
    >> Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com>; Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta
    >> <sbhatta@marvell.com>; Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@marvell.com>
    >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [net-next PATCH v2 9/9] octeontx2-pf: Add
    >> representors for sdp MAC
    >>
    >> Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 11:54:01AM CEST, gakula@marvell.com wrote:
    >> >Current silicons support 2 types of MACs, SDP and
    >>
    >> What's SDP? Care to elaborate a bit here?
    >>
    >>
    >> >RPM MAC. This patch adds representors for SDP MAC interfaces.
    >> >
    >
    >Hardware supports different types of MACs eg RPM, SDP, LBK.
    >LBK is for internal Tx->Rx HW loopback path. RPM and SDP
    >MACs support ingress/egress pkt IO on interfaces with different
    >set of capabilities like interface modes. At the time of netdev driver
    >registration PF will seek MAC related information from Admin function driver
    >'drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af' and sets up ingress/egress
    >queues etc such that pkt IO on the channels of these different MACs is possible.

    Add this to the patch desctiption please.


    >
    >Thanks,
    >Sunil.

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