[PATCH v8 00/12] preparation for the rte_flow offload of nfp PMD

[Chaoyong He]

This is the first patch series to add the support of rte_flow offload for
nfp PMD, includes:
Add the support of flower firmware
Add the support of representor port
Add the flower service infrastructure
Add the cmsg interactive channels between pmd and fw

* 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 (12):
  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 PF related routines
  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: move rxtx function to header file
  net/nfp: add flower PF rxtx logic

 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_22_11.rst          |    5 +
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower.c             | 1324 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower.h             |   62 ++
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_cmsg.c        |  186 ++++
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_cmsg.h        |  173 +++
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_ctrl.c        |  250 +++++
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_ctrl.h        |   13 +
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_ovs_compat.h  |   37 +
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_representor.c |  664 ++++++++++++
 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_representor.h |   39 +
 drivers/net/nfp/meson.build                     |    4 +
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_common.c                    |    2 +-
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_common.h                    |   35 +-
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_cpp_bridge.c                |   87 +-
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_cpp_bridge.h                |    6 +-
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev.c                    |  345 +++---
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_ethdev_vf.c                 |    2 +-
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.c                      |  123 +--
 drivers/net/nfp/nfp_rxtx.h                      |  121 +++
 drivers/net/nfp/nfpcore/nfp_cpp_pcie_ops.c      |   31 +-
 20 files changed, 3228 insertions(+), 281 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_cmsg.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_cmsg.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_ctrl.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_ctrl.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_ovs_compat.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_representor.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfp/flower/nfp_flower_representor.h

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