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    net/ncsi: Configure multi-package, multi-channel modes with failover · 8d951a75
    Samuel Mendoza-Jonas authored
    
    
    This patch extends the ncsi-netlink interface with two new commands and
    three new attributes to configure multiple packages and/or channels at
    once, and configure specific failover modes.
    
    NCSI_CMD_SET_PACKAGE mask and NCSI_CMD_SET_CHANNEL_MASK set a whitelist
    of packages or channels allowed to be configured with the
    NCSI_ATTR_PACKAGE_MASK and NCSI_ATTR_CHANNEL_MASK attributes
    respectively. If one of these whitelists is set only packages or
    channels matching the whitelist are considered for the channel queue in
    ncsi_choose_active_channel().
    
    These commands may also use the NCSI_ATTR_MULTI_FLAG to signal that
    multiple packages or channels may be configured simultaneously. NCSI
    hardware arbitration (HWA) must be available in order to enable
    multi-package mode. Multi-channel mode is always available.
    
    If the NCSI_ATTR_CHANNEL_ID attribute is present in the
    NCSI_CMD_SET_CHANNEL_MASK command the it sets the preferred channel as
    with the NCSI_CMD_SET_INTERFACE command. The combination of preferred
    channel and channel whitelist defines a primary channel and the allowed
    failover channels.
    If the NCSI_ATTR_MULTI_FLAG attribute is also present then the preferred
    channel is configured for Tx/Rx and the other channels are enabled only
    for Rx.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSamuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@mendozajonas.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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