Re: [Patch net-next 00/11] add code optimization for VF reset and some new reset feature

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Nov 09 2018 - 19:47:53 EST


From: Huazhong Tan <tanhuazhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2018 22:07:45 +0800

> Currently hardware supports below reset:
> 1. VF reset: triggered by sending cmd to IMP(Integrated Management
> Processor). Only reset specific VF function and do not affect
> other PF or VF.
> 2. PF reset: triggered by sending cmd to IMP. Only reset specific PF
> and it's VF.
> 3. PF FLR: triggered by PCIe subsystem. Only reset specific PF and
> it's VF.
> 4. VF FLR: triggered by PCIe subsystem. Only reset specific VF function
> and do not affect other PF or VF.
> 5. Core reset: triggered by writing to register. Reset most hardware
> unit, such as SSU, which affects all the PF and VF.
> 6. Global reset: triggered by writing to register. Reset all hardware
> unit, which affects all the PF and VF.
> 7. IMP reset: triggered by IMU(Intelligent Management Unit) when
> IMP is not longer feeding IMU's watchdog. IMU will reload the IMP
> firmware and IMP will perform global reset after firmware reloading,
> which affects all the PF and VF.
>
> Current driver only support PF/VF reset, incomplete core and global
> reset(lacking the vf reset handling). So this patchset adds complete
> reset support in hns3 driver.
>
> Also, this patchset contains some optimization related to reset.

Series applied, thank you.