Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2016-12-02 14:25, Iremonger, Bernard: > Hi Thomas, > > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monja...@6wind.com] > > > > Do you agree to copy the remaining VF-specific functions from the generic > > ethdev API to ixgbe in 17.02? > > After a deprecation notice, we could remove them from the generic

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi Thomas, > -Original Message- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monja...@6wind.com] > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 2:16 PM > To: Lu, Wenzhuo ; Iremonger, Bernard > ; Yigit, Ferruh > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPD

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Thomas Monjalon
Do you agree to copy the remaining VF-specific functions from the generic ethdev API to ixgbe in 17.02? After a deprecation notice, we could remove them from the generic API in 17.05. So we will have a consistent status in 17.05 regarding VF functions. After some time (and experience) we will be a

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
Hi Bernard, On 12/02/2016 01:58 PM, Iremonger, Bernard wrote: -Original Message- From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Rybchenko Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 9:00 AM To: Lu, Wenzhuo ; dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi Andrew, > -Original Message- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Iremonger, Bernard > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 10:59 AM > To: Andrew Rybchenko ; Lu, Wenzhuo > ; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + k

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi Andrew, > -Original Message- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Rybchenko > Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 9:00 AM > To: Lu, Wenzhuo ; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF > on i40e >

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
On 12/02/2016 03:11 AM, Wenzhuo Lu wrote: 1, VF Daemon (VFD) VFD is an idea to control all the VFs from PF. As we need to support the scenario kernel PF + DPDK VF, DPDK follows the interface between kernel PF + kernel VF. We don't want to introduce too many new messages between PF and VF. So thi

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/31] Support VFD and DPDK PF + kernel VF on i40e

2016-12-02 Thread Wenzhuo Lu
1, VF Daemon (VFD) VFD is an idea to control all the VFs from PF. As we need to support the scenario kernel PF + DPDK VF, DPDK follows the interface between kernel PF + kernel VF. We don't want to introduce too many new messages between PF and VF. So this patch set adds some new APIs to control VF