> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 8:32 PM > To: Kirsher, Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirs...@intel.com>; da...@davemloft.net > Cc: Michael, Alice <alice.mich...@intel.com>; netdev@vger.kernel.org; > nhor...@redhat.com; sassm...@redhat.com; Brady, Alan > <alan.br...@intel.com>; Burra, Phani R <phani.r.bu...@intel.com>; Hay, > Joshua A <joshua.a....@intel.com>; Chittim, Madhu > <madhu.chit...@intel.com>; Linga, Pavan Kumar > <pavan.kumar.li...@intel.com>; Skidmore, Donald C > <donald.c.skidm...@intel.com>; Brandeburg, Jesse > <jesse.brandeb...@intel.com>; Samudrala, Sridhar > <sridhar.samudr...@intel.com> > Subject: Re: [net-next v3 14/15] iecm: Add iecm to the kernel build system > > On Thu, 2020-06-25 at 19:07 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > From: Alice Michael <alice.mich...@intel.com> > [] > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/iecm.rst > > b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/intel/iecm.rst > [] > > @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ > > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > > + > > +======================== > > +Intel Ethernet Common Module > > +======================== > > + > > +The Intel Ethernet Common Module is meant to serve as an abstraction > > +layer between device specific implementation details and common net > > +device driver flows. This library provides several function hooks > > +which allow a device driver to specify register addresses, control > > +queue communications, and other device specific functionality. Some > > +functions are required to be implemented while others have a default > > +implementation that is used when none is supplied by the device > > +driver. Doing this, a device driver can be written to take advantage > > +of existing code while also giving the flexibility to implement device > > specific > features. > > + > > +The common use case for this library is for a network device driver > > +that wants > > to > > > +specify its own device specific details but also leverage the more > > +common code flows found in network device drivers. >
Will fix, thanks. Alan
