[PATCH v7 01/12] net/nfp: move app specific attributes to own struct
Ferruh Yigit
ferruh.yigit at xilinx.com
Mon Sep 5 17:38:18 CEST 2022
On 8/12/2022 11:22 AM, Chaoyong He wrote:
> The NFP Card can load different firmware applications. Currently
> only the CoreNIC application is supported. This commit makes
> needed infrastructure changes in order to support other firmware
> applications too.
>
App (or firmware application) is a little confusing, why not just call
it FW?
Same for code variable/struct names, and other patches.
> Clearer separation is made between the PF device and any application
> specific concepts. The PF struct is now generic regardless of the
> application loaded. A new struct is also made for the CoreNIC
> application. Future additions to support other applications should
> also add an applications specific struct.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chaoyong He<chaoyong.he at corigine.com>
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Kuhn<heinrich.kuhn at corigine.com>
> Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund<niklas.soderlund at corigine.com>
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