[PATCH net-next 0/6] net/ncsi: Allow enabling multiple packages & channels

[Justin.Lee1 at Dell.com]

Hi Sam,

When I run the testing (enable multi-package (package 0 and 1) and 
multi-channel (channel 0 and 1 on both packages)), I see there are two channels
with TX enable.

When I unplug/plug network cable, it seems the behavior is to keep one TX per
package, is it the behavior you expect? All channels are behind the same eth2,
I would expect there is only one active TX.

I create the below file to expose driver's status. RX and TX are printing 
from the follow variables.
nc->modes[NCSI_MODE_ENABLE].enable,
nc->modes[NCSI_MODE_TX_ENABLE].enable,

cat /sys/kernel/debug/ncsi_protocol/ncsi_device_status;
IFIDX IFNAME NAME   PID CID RX TX MP MC WP WC PS RU CR NQ
=========================================================
  2   eth2   ncsi0  000 000 1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  0 
  2   eth2   ncsi1  000 001 1  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  0 
  2   eth2   ncsi2  001 000 1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  0 
  2   eth2   ncsi3  001 001 1  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  0 
=========================================================
M:  Multi-mode      P:  Package ID
W:  Whitelist       C:  Channel ID
PS: Poll Status
RU: Running
CR: Carrier OK
NQ: Queue Stopped

Thanks,
Justin


From: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam at mendozajonas.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 14:59:11 +1100

> This series extends the NCSI driver to configure multiple packages
> and/or channels simultaneously. Since the RFC series this includes a few
> extra changes to fix areas in the driver that either made this harder or
> were roadblocks due to deviations from the NCSI specification.
> 
> Patches 1 & 2 fix two issues where the driver made assumptions about the
> capabilities of the NCSI topology.
> Patches 3 & 4 change some internal semantics slightly to make multi-mode
> easier.
> Patch 5 introduces a cleaner way of reconfiguring the NCSI configuration
> and keeping track of channel states.
> Patch 6 implements the main multi-package/multi-channel configuration,
> configured via the Netlink interface.
> 
> Readers who have an interesting NCSI setup - especially multi-package
> with HWA - please test! I think I've covered all permutations but I
> don't have infinite hardware to test on.