Merge branch 'thunderx'
Aleksey Makarov says:
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Adding support for Cavium ThunderX network controller
This patchset adds support for the Cavium ThunderX network controller.
changes in v6:
* unused preprocessor symbols were removed
* reduce no of atomic operations in SQ maintenance
* support for TCP segmentation at driver level
* reset RBDR if fifo state is FAIL
* fixed an issue with link state mailbox message
changes in v5:
* __packed were removed. now we rely on C language ABI
* nic_dbg() -> netdev_dbg()
* fixes for a typo, constant spelling and using BIT_ULL
* use print_hex_dump()
* unnecessary conditions in a long if() chain were removed
changes in v4:
* the patch "pci: Add Cavium PCI vendor id" was attributed correctly
* a note that Cavium id is used in many drivers was added
* the license comments now match MODULE_LICENSE
* a comment explaining usage of writeq_relaxed()/readq_relaxed() was added
changes in v3:
* code cleanup
* issues discovered by reviewers were addressed
changes in v2:
* non-generic module parameters removed
* ethtool support added (nicvf_set_rxnfc())
v5: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<
1432344498-17131-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@caviumnetworks.com>
v4: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<
1432000757-28700-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@auriga.com>
v3: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<
1431747401-20847-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@auriga.com>
v2: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<
1415596445-10061-1-git-send-email-rric@kernel.org>
v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<
20141030165434.GW20170@rric.localhost>
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>