Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH net-next 0/5] ice: L2TPv3 offload support

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:01:34 -0700

On Fri, 26 Aug 2022 16:34:34 +0200 Jiri Pirko wrote:
> >Sorry, I'll include more precise description in the next version.
> >DDP (Dynamic Device Personalization) is a firmware package that contains definitions
> >protocol's headers and packets. It allows you  to add support for the new protocol to the
> >NIC card without rebooting.  If the DDP package does not support L2TPv3 then hw offload 
> >will not work, however sw offload will still work.  
> 
> Hmm, so it is some FW part? Why do we care about it here in patchset
> description?

We generally encourage people to put as much context in the commit
messages and cover letters as possible. Nothing wrong with saying
that a specific parser microcode is needed, IMHO.