APPLIED: [SRU][Xenial][PATCH 0/2] Enable basic support for Solarflare 8000 series NIC

[Khaled Elmously]

Applied to xenial master-next


On 2018-07-24 13:15:10 , Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote:
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1783152
> 
> SRU Justification:
> 
> [Impact]
> 
>  * Users cannot use Solarflare 8000 series NICs.
> 
>  * Servers with only this NIC cannot do netboot.
> 
>  * The patchset adds the PCI IDs and a basic fix.
> 
> [Test Case]
> 
>  * Try to probe/netboot/use a Solarflare 8000
>    series NIC.
> 
>  * It does not probe on the original kernel,
>    but it does probe/netboot/install/stress
>    (i.e., basic fuctionality works) on the
>    patched kernel.
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> 
>  * Users with Solarflare 8000 series NIC might hit
>    problems on device probe or due to a new network
>    interface coming up, now that the NIC comes up.
> 
>  * More specific features of the NIC or advanced
>    tuning/setup might not work as expected or run
>    into issues.
> 
> [Other Info]
> 
>  * There are known error messages on device probe.
> 
>  * These are benign/non-fatal and will be addressed
>    on another SRU cycle.
> 
> Bert Kenward (2):
>   sfc: make TSO version a per-queue parameter
>   sfc: Add PCI ID for Solarflare 8000 series 10/40G NIC
> 
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ef10.c       | 13 ++++++-------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c        |  6 ++++++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/net_driver.h |  2 ++
>  drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx.c         |  8 ++++++--
>  4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
> 
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