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nfp: version independent support for chained RSS metadata
authorEdwin Peer <edwin.peer@netronome.com>
Tue, 16 May 2017 00:55:19 +0000 (17:55 -0700)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 16 May 2017 16:59:03 +0000 (12:59 -0400)
commitbd912e7262ba7ca8fbcf3a161a63b46e392537ae
treefc98c1c7edb50e972ca869a196f0933ef3179d3c
parent701414078f038dd1d25774067819bd4c6020ee53
nfp: version independent support for chained RSS metadata

ABI version 4 introduced metadata chaining. Using the ABI version to signal
metadata chaining precludes firmware that advertises new capabilities which
rely on prepended metadata from working on older kernels.

Capability bits are thus better suited to signalling the chained metadata
format. A new version of the RSS capability is introduced to distinguish
between the differing metadata formats for ABI versions other than 4.

Signed-off-by: Edwin Peer <edwin.peer@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@netronome.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_common.c
drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ctrl.h
drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfp_net_ethtool.c