Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] vdpa/mlx5: Extend driver support for new features

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On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 9:58 PM Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
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> > From: Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 3:28 AM
> >
> > Extend the possible list for features that can be supported by firmware.
> > Note that different versions of firmware may or may not support these
> > features. The driver is made aware of them by querying the firmware.
> >
> > While doing this, improve the code so we use enum names instead of hard
> > coded numerical values.
> >
> > The new features supported by the driver are the following:
> >
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_UFO
> UFO is deprecated in Linux kernel, there are no known user either and we do not plan to support it.

Note that there's an emulation code for preserving migration
compatibility in the kernel.

> Please remove this entry along with below GUEST_UFO.

If there's no plan for supporting migration from existing software
backends, we can remove this.

Thanks

>
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_UFO
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ECN
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO6
> > VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_TSO4
>

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