[PATCH v10 00/13] preparation for the rte_flow offload of nfp PMD

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/26/2022 7:59 AM, Chaoyong He wrote:
> This is the first patch series to add the support of rte_flow offload for
> nfp PMD, includes:
> Add the support of flower firmware application
> Add the support of representor port
> Add the flower service infrastructure
> Add the cmsg interactive channels between pmd and fw
> 
> * Changes since v9
> - Remove the use of rte_eth_tx_burst()
> - Remove the logics rely on OvS
> 
> * Changes since v8
> - Update the nfp.rst
> - Fix the 'app_hw' to 'app_fw'
> - Remove the ovs compatible header file
> - Remove the use of rte_eth_dev_configure()/rte_eth_rx_burst()/rte_eth_dev_start() API
> 
> * Changes since v7
> - Adjust the logics to make sure not break the pci probe process
> - Change 'app' to 'app_fw' in all logics to avoid confuse
> - Fix problem about log level
> 
> * Changes since v6
> - Fix the compile error
> 
> * Changes since v5
> - Compare integer with 0 explicitly
> - Change helper macro to function
> - Implement the dummy functions
> - Remove some unnecessary logics
> 
> * Changes since v4
> - Remove the unneeded '__rte_unused' attribute
> - Fixup a potential memory leak problem
> 
> * Changes since v3
> - Add the 'Depends-on' tag
> 
> * Changes since v2
> - Remove the use of rte_panic()
> 
> * Changes since v1
> - Fix the compile error
> 
> Depends-on: series-23707 ("Add support of NFP3800 chip and firmware with NFDk")
> 
> Chaoyong He (13):
>    net/nfp: move app specific attributes to own struct
>    net/nfp: simplify initialization and remove dead code
>    net/nfp: move app specific init logic to own function
>    net/nfp: add initial flower firmware support
>    net/nfp: add flower PF setup logic
>    net/nfp: add flower ctrl VNIC related logics
>    net/nfp: move common rxtx function for flower use
>    net/nfp: add flower ctrl VNIC rxtx logic
>    net/nfp: add flower representor framework
>    net/nfp: add flower PF related routines
>    net/nfp: move rxtx function to header file
>    net/nfp: add flower PF rxtx logic
>    net/nfp: add the representor port rxtx logic
> 

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/main, thanks.