octeontx2-pf: Attach NIX and NPA block LFs
For a PF to function as a NIC, NPA (for Rx buffers, Tx descriptors etc) and NIX (for rcv, send and completion queues) are the minimum resources needed. So request admin function (AF) to attach one each of NIX and NPA block LFs (local functions). Only AF can configure a LF's contexts, so request AF to allocate memory for NPA aura/pool and NIX RQ/SQ/CQ HW contexts. Upon receiving response, save some of the HW constants like number of pointers per stack page, size of send queue buffer (SQBs, where SQEs are queued by HW) e.t.c which are later used to initialize queues. A HW context here is like a state machine maintained for a descriptor queue. eg size, head/tail pointers, irq etc etc. HW maintains this in memory. Signed-off-by: Sunil Goutham <sgoutham@marvell.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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