Re: [PATCH net-next 0/5] Support Armada 37xx SoC (ARMv8 64-bits) in mvneta driver

From: Jisheng Zhang
Date: Mon Nov 28 2016 - 03:46:09 EST


Hi Gregory,

On Fri, 25 Nov 2016 16:30:13 +0100 Gregory CLEMENT wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The Armada 37xx is a new ARMv8 SoC from Marvell using same network
> controller as the older Armada 370/38x/XP SoCs. This series adapts the
> driver in order to be able to use it on this new SoC. The main changes
> are:
>
> - 64-bits support: the first patches allow using the driver on a 64-bit
> architecture.
>
> - MBUS support: the mbus configuration is different on Armada 37xx
> from the older SoCs.
>
> - per cpu interrupt: Armada 37xx do not support per cpu interrupt for
> the NETA IP, the non-per-CPU behavior was added back.
>
> The first item is solved by patches 1 to 3.
> The 2 last items are solved by patch 4.
> In patch 5 the dt support is added.
>
> Beside Armada 37xx, the series have been tested on Armada XP and
> Armada 38x (with Hardware Buffer Management and with Software Buffer
> Managment).

AFAICT, this is a V2? seems no Change log ;)

Thanks,
Jisheng