RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v6 01/14] virtchnl: create 'include/linux/intel' and move necessary header files

[Loktionov, Aleksandr]

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> Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v6 01/14] virtchnl: create
> 'include/linux/intel' and move necessary header files
> 
> From: Victor Raj <victor.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> include/linux/net houses a single folder "intel", meanwhile
> include/linux/intel is vacant. On top of that, it would be useful to
> place all iavf headers together with other intel networking headers,
> same goes for virtchnl2 headers which will be used by both idpf and
> ixd drivers.
> 
> Move abovementioned intel header files into new folder
> include/linux/intel.
> Also, assign new folder to both intel and general networking
> maintainers.
> 
> Suggested-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Sridhar Samudrala <sridhar.samudrala@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Victor Raj <victor.raj@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Samuel Salin <Samuel.salin@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS                                                 | 6 +++--
> -
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/i40iw_if.c                      | 2 +-
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/icrdma_if.c                     | 2 +-
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/ig3rdma_if.c                    | 2 +-
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.c                          | 2 +-
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/main.h                          | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h                      | 4 ++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq_cmd.h           | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c               | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_common.c               | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c              | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_prototype.h            | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c                 | 4 ++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.h          | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf.h                      | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_adminq_cmd.h           | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_common.c               | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_prototype.h            | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.h                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_types.h                | 4 +---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c             | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h                        | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_adminq_cmd.h             | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_base.c                   | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_common.h                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flow.h                   | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_idc_int.h                | 4 ++--
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c                   | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx_lib.c               | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h                   | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.h                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/virtchnl.h              | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h                      | 6 +++--
> -
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.h                 | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.h             | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_type.h               | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_type_e610.h          | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/libie/adminq.c                   | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/libie/fwlog.c                    | 2 +-
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/libie/rx.c                       | 2 +-
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/i40e_client.h                 | 0
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/iidc_rdma.h                   | 0
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/iidc_rdma_ice.h               | 0
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/iidc_rdma_idpf.h              | 0
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/adminq.h                | 0
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/fwlog.h                 | 2 +-
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/pctype.h                | 0
>  include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/rx.h                    | 0
>  include/linux/{avf => intel}/virtchnl.h                     | 0
>  .../ethernet/intel/idpf => include/linux/intel}/virtchnl2.h | 0
> .../intel/idpf => include/linux/intel}/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h | 0
>  55 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/i40e_client.h (100%)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/iidc_rdma.h (100%)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/iidc_rdma_ice.h (100%)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/iidc_rdma_idpf.h (100%)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/adminq.h (100%)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/fwlog.h (98%)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/pctype.h (100%)  rename
> include/linux/{net => }/intel/libie/rx.h (100%)  rename
> include/linux/{avf => intel}/virtchnl.h (100%)  rename
> {drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf => include/linux/intel}/virtchnl2.h
> (100%)  rename {drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf =>
> include/linux/intel}/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h (100%)
> 
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index ff6f17458f19..42fb616f8627 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -12819,8 +12819,7 @@ T:	git
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tnguy/next-queue.git
>  F:	Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/
>  F:	drivers/net/ethernet/intel/
>  F:	drivers/net/ethernet/intel/*/

...

> 
>  /* Only a single log level should be set and all log levels under the
> set value
>   * are enabled, e.g. if log level is set to
> LIBIE_FW_LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE, then all diff --git
> a/include/linux/net/intel/libie/pctype.h
> b/include/linux/intel/libie/pctype.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from include/linux/net/intel/libie/pctype.h
> rename to include/linux/intel/libie/pctype.h
> diff --git a/include/linux/net/intel/libie/rx.h
> b/include/linux/intel/libie/rx.h similarity index 100% rename from
> include/linux/net/intel/libie/rx.h
> rename to include/linux/intel/libie/rx.h diff --git
> a/include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h b/include/linux/intel/virtchnl.h
> similarity index 100% rename from include/linux/avf/virtchnl.h rename
> to include/linux/intel/virtchnl.h diff --git
> a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
> b/include/linux/intel/virtchnl2.h similarity index 100% rename from
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2.h
> rename to include/linux/intel/virtchnl2.h diff --git
> a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> b/include/linux/intel/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> similarity index 100%
> rename from drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> rename to include/linux/intel/virtchnl2_lan_desc.h
> --
> 2.47.0

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@xxxxxxxxx>