Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/7] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 3

From	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/7] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 3
Date	2016-06-17 07:40 +0200
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From: Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 10:51:52 -0700

> vmxnet3 emulation has recently added several new features which includes
> support for new commands the driver can issue to emulation, change in
> descriptor fields etc. This patch series extends the vmxnet3 driver to
> leverage these new features.
> 
> Compatibility is maintained using existing vmxnet3 versioning mechanism as
> follows:
>  - new features added to vmxnet3 emulation are associated with new vmxnet3
>    version viz. vmxnet3 version 3.
>  - emulation advertises all the versions it supports to the driver.
>  - during initialization, vmxnet3 driver picks the highest version number
>  supported by both the emulation and the driver and configures emulation
>  to run at that version.
> 
> In particular, following changes are introduced:
 ... 

Series applied, thanks.

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[PATCH net-next v5 0/7] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 3 Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-16 20:00 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v5 7/7] vmxnet3: update to version 3 Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-16 20:00 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v5 1/7] vmxnet3: prepare for version 3 changes Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-16 20:00 +0200
  [PATCH net-next v5 4/7] vmxnet3: add receive data ring support Shrikrishna Khare <skhare@vmware.com> - 2016-06-16 20:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH net-next v5 0/7] vmxnet3: upgrade to version 3 David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2016-06-17 07:40 +0200

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