forked from Minki/linux
mainlining shenanigans
05fcc9e089
For a PF to function as a NIC, NPA (for Rx buffers, Tx descriptors etc) and NIX (for rcv, send and completion queues) are the minimum resources needed. So request admin function (AF) to attach one each of NIX and NPA block LFs (local functions). Only AF can configure a LF's contexts, so request AF to allocate memory for NPA aura/pool and NIX RQ/SQ/CQ HW contexts. Upon receiving response, save some of the HW constants like number of pointers per stack page, size of send queue buffer (SQBs, where SQEs are queued by HW) e.t.c which are later used to initialize queues. A HW context here is like a state machine maintained for a descriptor queue. eg size, head/tail pointers, irq etc etc. HW maintains this in memory. Signed-off-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.