Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
On Mon, 21 Aug 2023 15:12:14 +0200 you wrote:
> This series converts the mlx4 drivers to use auxiliary bus, similarly to
> how mlx5 was converted [1]. The first 6 patches are preparatory changes,
> the remaining 4 are the final conversion.
>
> Initial motivation for this change was to address a problem related to
> loading mlx4_en/mlx4_ib by mlx4_core using request_module_nowait(). When
> doing such a load in initrd, the operation is asynchronous to any init
> control and can get unexpectedly affected/interrupted by an eventual
> root switch. Using an auxiliary bus leaves these module loads to udevd
> which better integrates with systemd processing. [2]
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v3,01/11] mlx4: Get rid of the mlx4_interface.get_dev callback
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/71ab55a9af80
- [net-next,v3,02/11] mlx4: Rename member mlx4_en_dev.nb to netdev_nb
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/ef5617e34376
- [net-next,v3,03/11] mlx4: Use 'void *' as the event param of mlx4_dispatch_event()
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/7ba189ac52ac
- [net-next,v3,04/11] mlx4: Replace the mlx4_interface.event callback with a notifier
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/73d68002a02e
- [net-next,v3,05/11] mlx4: Get rid of the mlx4_interface.activate callback
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/13f857111cb2
- [net-next,v3,06/11] mlx4: Move the bond work to the core driver
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/e2fb47d4eb5c
- [net-next,v3,07/11] mlx4: Avoid resetting MLX4_INTFF_BONDING per driver
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/c9452b8fd2ec
- [net-next,v3,08/11] mlx4: Register mlx4 devices to an auxiliary virtual bus
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/8c2d2b87719b
- [net-next,v3,09/11] mlx4: Connect the ethernet part to the auxiliary bus
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/eb93ae495a73
- [net-next,v3,10/11] mlx4: Connect the infiniband part to the auxiliary bus
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/7d22b1cb9d84
- [net-next,v3,11/11] mlx4: Delete custom device management logic
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/c138cdb89a14
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