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[net-next,v3,0/2] e1000/e1000e: Link IRQs, NAPIs, and queues

Message ID 20240930171232.1668-1-jdamato@fastly.com (mailing list archive)
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Series e1000/e1000e: Link IRQs, NAPIs, and queues | expand

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Joe Damato Sept. 30, 2024, 5:12 p.m. UTC 
Greetings:

Welcome to v3.

v1 was an RFC [1] for just e1000e, v2 was an RFC [2] for both e1000e and
e1000.

This series adds support for netdev-genl to e1000e and e1000.

Supporting this API in these drivers is very useful as commonly used
virtualization software, like VMWare Fusion and VirtualBox, expose e1000e
and e1000 NICs to VMs.

Developers who work on user apps in VMs may find themselves in need of
access to this API to build, test, or run CI on their apps. This is
especially true for apps which use epoll based busy poll and rely on
userland mapping NAPI IDs to queues.

I've tested both patches; please see the commit messages for more details.

Thanks,
Joe

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240918135726.1330-1-jdamato@fastly.com/T/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240925162937.2218-1-jdamato@fastly.com/

 v3:
   - No longer an RFC
   - Updated commit messages
   - No functional or code changes at all

 rfcv2:
    - Include patch for e1000
 
Joe Damato (2):
  e1000e: Link NAPI instances to queues and IRQs
  e1000: Link NAPI instances to queues and IRQs

 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c |  5 +++++
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c    | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)