[PATCH V2 2/2] net/hns3: support backplane media type

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/22/2022 4:09 AM, Dongdong Liu wrote:
> From: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
> 
> The 802.11 physical PMA sub-layer defines three media: copper, fiber and
> backplane. For PMD, the backplane is similar to the fiber, the main
> differences are that backplane doesn't have optical module.
> 
> Because the interface of firmware fiber is also applicable to the
> backplane, this patch supports the backplane only through simple
> extension.
> 
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chengwen Feng <fengchengwen at huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dongdong Liu <liudongdong3 at huawei.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> - document new 'backplane' media type support in release notes.
> ---
>   doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst |  4 ++
>   drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c         | 54 ++++++++++++++------------
>   2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst
> index dd371952c3..7884ecfd09 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_07.rst
> @@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ New Features
>   
>     * Added support for yt8531s PHY.
>   
> +* **Updated HiSilicon hns3 driver.**
> +
> +  * Added support for backplane media type.
> +

We are sorting PMD updates on vendor name, so can you please move update 
above Intel updates.

Except above minor release notes location order, patch looks good to me, 
but it requires hns3 maintainers ack/review to proceed. (Same for both 
patches.)

Thanks,
ferruh