Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Nov 2020 16:31:38 -0800 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next 0/6] net: ipa: tell GSI the IPA version |
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On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 11:53:54 -0600 Alex Elder wrote: > The GSI code that supports IPA avoids having knowledge about the > IPA layer it serves. One result of this is that Boolean flags are > used during GSI initialization to convey that certain hardware > version-dependent special behaviors should be used. > > A given version of IPA hardware uses a fixed/well-defined version > of GSI, so the IPA version really implies the GSI version. > > If given only the IPA version, the GSI code supporting IPA can > use it to implement certain special behaviors required for IPA > *or* GSI. This avoids the need to pass and maintain numerous > Boolean flags.
Applied, thanks.
> Note: the last patch in this series depends on this patch posted > for review earlier today: > https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201102173435.5987-1-elder@linaro.org
But in the future please don't post dependent changes like this. The build bots cannot figure this out and give up on checking your series.
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