[dpdk-dev] [PATCH V7 1/3] ethdev: introduce FEC API

[Ananyev, Konstantin]

> This patch adds Forward error correction(FEC) support for ethdev.
> Introduce APIs which support query and config FEC information in
> hardware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Min Hu (Connor) <humin29 at huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Wei Hu (Xavier) <xavier.huwei at huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Chengchang Tang <tangchengchang at huawei.com>
> ---
> v6->v7:
> deleted RTE_ETH_FEC_NUM to prevent ABI breakage.
> add new macro to indicate translation from fec mode
> to capa.
> 
> ---
> v5->v6:
> modified release notes.
> deleted check duplicated for FEC API
> fixed code styles according to DPDK coding style.
> added _eth prefix.
> 
> ---
> v4->v5:
> Modifies FEC capa definitions using macros.
> Add RTE_ prefix for public FEC mode enum.
> add release notes about FEC for dpdk20_11.
> 
> ---
> v2->v3:
> add function return value "-ENOTSUP" for API
> 
> ---

Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev at intel.com>

> 2.7.4