Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:06:41 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 1/1] misc: mrvl-cn10k-dpi: add Octeon CN10K DPI administrative driver |
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 11:20:11AM -0700, Vamsi Attunuru wrote: > Adds a misc driver for Marvell CN10K DPI(DMA Engine) device's physical > function which initializes DPI DMA hardware's global configuration and > enables hardware mailbox channels between physical function (PF) and > it's virtual functions (VF). VF device drivers (User space drivers) use > this hw mailbox to communicate any required device configuration on it's > respective VF device. Accordingly, this DPI PF driver provisions the > VF device resources. > > At the hardware level, the DPI physical function (PF) acts as a management > interface to setup the VF device resources, VF devices are only provisioned > to handle or control the actual DMA Engine's data transfer capabilities. > > Signed-off-by: Vamsi Attunuru <vattunuru@marvell.com> > --- > Changes V5 -> V6: > - Updated documentation
The documentation for where to find the userspace code needs to be in the documentation file, not buried in a comment here in a changelog section that will never show up anywhere.
thanks,
greg k-h
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