kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnge/bnge_netdev.c, branch linux-6.18.y

bng_en: Configure default VNIC

2025-09-23T00:51:28Z

Add functions to add a filter to the VNIC to configure unicast addresses. Also, add multicast, broadcast, and promiscuous settings to the default VNIC. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-11-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Register default VNIC

2025-09-23T00:51:28Z

Allocate the default VNIC with the firmware and configure its RSS, HDS, and Jumbo parameters. Add related functions to support VNIC configuration for these parameters. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-10-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Register rings with the firmware

2025-09-23T00:51:28Z

Enable ring functionality by registering RX, AGG, TX, CMPL, and NQ rings with the firmware. Initialise the doorbells associated with the rings. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-9-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Allocate stat contexts

2025-09-23T00:51:28Z

Allocate the hardware statistics context with the firmware and register DMA memory required for ring statistics. This helps the driver to collect ring statistics provided by the firmware. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-8-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Allocate packet buffers

2025-09-23T00:51:28Z

Populate packet buffers into the RX and AGG rings while these rings are being initialized. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-7-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Initialise core resources

2025-09-23T00:51:27Z

Add initial settings to all core resources, such as the RX, AGG, TX, CQ, and NQ rings, as well as the VNIC. This will help enable these resources in future patches. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-6-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Introduce VNIC

2025-09-23T00:51:27Z

Add the VNIC-specific structures and DMA memory necessary to support UC/MC and RSS functionality. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-5-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Add initial support for CP and NQ rings

2025-09-23T00:51:27Z

Allocate CP and NQ related data structures and add support to associate NQ and CQ rings. Also, add the association of NQ, NAPI, and interrupts. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-4-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Add initial support for RX and TX rings

2025-09-23T00:51:27Z

Allocate data structures to support RX, AGG, and TX rings. While data structures for RX/AGG rings are allocated, initialise the page pool accordingly. Signed-off-by: Bhargava Marreddy Reviewed-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250919174742.24969-3-bhargava.marreddy@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski

bng_en: Add a network device

2025-07-08T01:54:01Z

Add a network device with netdev features enabled. Some features are enabled based on the capabilities advertised by the firmware. Add the skeleton of minimal netdev operations. Additionally, initialize the parameters for rings (TX/RX/Completion). Signed-off-by: Vikas Gupta Reviewed-by: Bhargava Chenna Marreddy Reviewed-by: Rajashekar Hudumula Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250701143511.280702-11-vikas.gupta@broadcom.com Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski