Veerasenareddy Burru says:
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octeon_ep: deferred probe and mailbox
Implement Deferred probe, mailbox enhancements and heartbeat monitor.
v4 -> v5:
- addressed review comments
https://lore.kernel.org/all/
20230323104703.GD36557@unreal/
replaced atomic_inc() + atomic_read() with atomic_inc_return().
v3 -> v4:
- addressed review comments on v3
https://lore.kernel.org/all/
20230214051422.13705-1-vburru@marvell.com/
- 0004-xxx.patch v3 is split into 0004-xxx.patch and 0005-xxx.patch
in v4.
- API changes to accept function ID are moved to 0005-xxx.patch.
- fixed rct violations.
- reverted newly added changes that do not yet have use cases.
v2 -> v3:
- removed SRIOV VF support changes from v2, as new drivers which use
ndo_get_vf_xxx() and ndo_set_vf_xxx() are not accepted.
https://lore.kernel.org/all/
20221207200204.
6819575a@kernel.org/
Will implement VF representors and submit again.
- 0007-xxx.patch and 0008-xxx.patch from v2 are removed and
0009-xxx.patch in v2 is now 0007-xxx.patch in v3.
- accordingly, changed title for cover letter.
v1 -> v2:
- remove separate workqueue task to wait for firmware ready.
instead defer probe when firmware is not ready.
Reported-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
- This change has resulted in update of 0001-xxx.patch and
all other patches in the patchset.
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>