Merge branch 'thunderx'

Aleksey Makarov says:

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Adding support for Cavium ThunderX network controller

This patchset adds support for the Cavium ThunderX network controller.

changes in v6:
 * unused preprocessor symbols were removed
 * reduce no of atomic operations in SQ maintenance
 * support for TCP segmentation at driver level
 * reset RBDR if fifo state is FAIL
 * fixed an issue with link state mailbox message

changes in v5:
 * __packed were removed.  now we rely on C language ABI
 * nic_dbg() -> netdev_dbg()
 * fixes for a typo, constant spelling and using BIT_ULL
 * use print_hex_dump()
 * unnecessary conditions in a long if() chain were removed

changes in v4:
 * the patch "pci: Add Cavium PCI vendor id" was attributed correctly
 * a note that Cavium id is used in many drivers was added
 * the license comments now match MODULE_LICENSE
 * a comment explaining usage of writeq_relaxed()/readq_relaxed() was added

changes in v3:
 * code cleanup
 * issues discovered by reviewers were addressed

changes in v2:
 * non-generic module parameters removed
 * ethtool support added (nicvf_set_rxnfc())

v5: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<1432344498-17131-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@caviumnetworks.com>
v4: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<1432000757-28700-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@auriga.com>
v3: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<1431747401-20847-1-git-send-email-aleksey.makarov@auriga.com>
v2: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<1415596445-10061-1-git-send-email-rric@kernel.org>
v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/g/<20141030165434.GW20170@rric.localhost>
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Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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