Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:27:12 -0800 | From | Jakub Kicinski <> | Subject | Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] octeon_ep: implement device unload control net API |
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On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 04:22:11 +0000 Shinas Rasheed wrote: > > On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:21:34 -0800 Shinas Rasheed wrote: > > > Device unload control net function should inform firmware > > > > What is "control net" again? > > Control net is just a software layer which is used by the host driver > as well as the firmware to communicate with each other, given in the > source file octep_ctrl_net.c and the corresponding octep_ctrl_net.h > interface, which is already part of upstreamed driver.
Yes, I think it went in before I had time to nack it. I'm strongly against using the IP stack to talk to FW, if you read the ML you would know it.
No new patches to octep_ctrl_net will be accepted.
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