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

[Samuel Mendoza-Jonas]

On Fri, 2018-10-19 at 21:38 +0000, Justin.Lee1 at Dell.com wrote:
> 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

Hi Justin,

Thanks for testing; this is probably an oversight in
ncsi_channel_is_tx(), where channels from a package other than the
current one could be ignored when checking for the current channel's link
status. I'll update this to be more robust.

Sam

> 
> 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.
> 
>