Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-net] idpf: fix LAN memory regions command on some NVMs

[Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de>]

Dear Larysa,


Am 07.10.25 um 13:46 schrieb Larysa Zaremba:
> IPU SDK versions 1.9 through 2.0.5 require send buffer to contain a single
> empty memory region. Set number of regions to 1 and use appropriate send
> buffer size to satisfy this requirement.

Where are the SDK requirements documented?

What are the current SDK versions?

Do you have a reproducer?

> Suggested-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <aleksandr.loktionov@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Larysa Zaremba <larysa.zaremba@intel.com>
> ---
>   drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c
> index fa3ce1e4f6ac..af8b3ebee4d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c
> @@ -1016,6 +1016,9 @@ static int idpf_send_get_lan_memory_regions(struct idpf_adapter *adapter)
>   	struct idpf_vc_xn_params xn_params = {
>   		.vc_op = VIRTCHNL2_OP_GET_LAN_MEMORY_REGIONS,
>   		.recv_buf.iov_len = IDPF_CTLQ_MAX_BUF_LEN,
> +		.send_buf.iov_len =
> +			sizeof(struct virtchnl2_get_lan_memory_regions) +
> +			sizeof(struct virtchnl2_mem_region),
>   		.timeout_ms = IDPF_VC_XN_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MSEC,
>   	};
>   	int num_regions, size;
> @@ -1028,6 +1031,8 @@ static int idpf_send_get_lan_memory_regions(struct idpf_adapter *adapter)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
>   	xn_params.recv_buf.iov_base = rcvd_regions;
> +	rcvd_regions->num_memory_regions = cpu_to_le16(1);
> +	xn_params.send_buf.iov_base = rcvd_regions;
>   	reply_sz = idpf_vc_xn_exec(adapter, &xn_params);
>   	if (reply_sz < 0)
>   		return reply_sz;


Kind regards,

Paul