net/ncsi: Resource management

NCSI spec (DSP0222) defines several objects: package, channel, mode,
filter, version and statistics etc. This introduces the data structs
to represent those objects and implement functions to manage them.
Also, this introduces CONFIG_NET_NCSI for the newly implemented NCSI
stack.

   * The user (e.g. netdev driver) dereference NCSI device by
     "struct ncsi_dev", which is embedded to "struct ncsi_dev_priv".
     The later one is used by NCSI stack internally.
   * Every NCSI device can have multiple packages simultaneously, up
     to 8 packages. It's represented by "struct ncsi_package" and
     identified by 3-bits ID.
   * Every NCSI package can have multiple channels, up to 32. It's
     represented by "struct ncsi_channel" and identified by 5-bits ID.
   * Every NCSI channel has version, statistics, various modes and
     filters. They are represented by "struct ncsi_channel_version",
     "struct ncsi_channel_stats", "struct ncsi_channel_mode" and
     "struct ncsi_channel_filter" separately.
   * Apart from AEN (Asynchronous Event Notification), the NCSI stack
     works in terms of command and response. This introduces "struct
     ncsi_req" to represent a complete NCSI transaction made of NCSI
     request and response.

link: https://www.dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0222_1.1.0.pdf
Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Joel Stanley <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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Gavin Shan 2016-07-19 11:54:16 +10:00 • committed by David S. Miller
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@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV),)
obj-y += l3mdev/
endif
obj-$(CONFIG_QRTR) += qrtr/
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_NCSI) += ncsi/