On 12/23/2015 12:05 PM, eran ben elisha wrote:
>>>
>>> If the firmware supports host endianness, try to configure the
>>> hardware to work this way, and on success propagate this capability to
>>> the upper layers, otherwise advertise that atomic operations aren't supported.
>>
>> If you are not going to allow any support except for host endian, then why bother with all of the BE stuff, can't you just list it as supported or not?
>
> The HW default state is BE reply, need to change it's mode internally.
> The user will never know about this, it do listed as supported/not.
Ok, I've pulled this in.
>>
>>> Thanks, Eran
>>>
>>> Changes from v0:
>>> - Rewrite the commit message of the second patch in the series
>>>
>>>
>>> Eran Ben Elisha (2):
>>> net/mlx5_core: Configure HW to support atomic request in host
>>> endianness
>>
>> I can fix this up, but generally try to keep your subject of patches short enough to fit in the generally accepted length.
>
> Sure, will keep this in mind for next time.
>
>>
>>> IB/mlx5: Advertise atomic capabilities in query device
>>>
>>> drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c | 28 ++++++++++++-
>>> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>> include/linux/mlx5/driver.h | 5 +++
>>> include/linux/mlx5/mlx5_ifc.h | 22 ++++++----
>>> 4 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>
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