-----Original Message----- > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:27:50 +0000 > From: "Boccassi, Luca" <luca.bocca...@intl.att.com> > To: "shah...@mellanox.com" <shah...@mellanox.com>, "tho...@monjalon.net" > <tho...@monjalon.net>, "nhor...@tuxdriver.com" <nhor...@tuxdriver.com> > CC: "remy.hor...@intel.com" <remy.hor...@intel.com>, > "mohammad.abdul.a...@intel.com" <mohammad.abdul.a...@intel.com>, > "declan.dohe...@intel.com" <declan.dohe...@intel.com>, > "ferruh.yi...@intel.com" <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" > <dev@dpdk.org> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change to support VF > representors > > On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 14:32 +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > > This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05 > > > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html > > > > Cc: declan.dohe...@intel.com > > Cc: mohammad.abdul.a...@intel.com > > Cc: ferruh.yi...@intel.com > > Cc: remy.hor...@intel.com > > > > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shah...@mellanox.com> > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index d59ad5988..f6151de63 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -59,3 +59,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > > be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of > > the > > structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on > > platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms. > > + > > +* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port > > representors > > + as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the > > different VFs. > > + As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in > > order to map > > + between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new > > fields > > + are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct. > > Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.bocca...@intl.att.com> > Acked-by: Alex Zelezniak <al...@att.com>
Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com> > > Acking on behalf of my colleague Alex as well, who replied privately. > > -- > Kind regards, > Luca Boccassi
