• Edwin Peer's avatar
    bnxt_en: add support for HWRM request slices · 21380817
    Edwin Peer authored
    Slices are a mechanism for suballocating DMA mapped regions from the
    request buffer. Such regions can be used for indirect command data
    instead of creating new mappings with dma_alloc_coherent().
    
    The advantage of using a slice is that the lifetime of the slice is
    bound to the request and will be automatically unmapped when the
    request is consumed.
    
    A single external region is also supported. This allows for regions
    that will not fit inside the spare request buffer space such that
    the same API can be used consistently even for larger mappings.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarEdwin Peer <edwin.peer@broadcom.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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