[virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH net-next v9 3/4] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

2018-04-29 Thread Samudrala, Sridhar
On 4/28/2018 2:42 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:06:59PM CEST,sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when a VF netdev is present with the same MAC address. It allows live migration of a VM with a direct attached VF

[virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH net-next v9 2/4] net: Introduce generic failover module

2018-04-29 Thread Samudrala, Sridhar
On 4/28/2018 2:06 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:06:58PM CEST, sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: This provides a generic interface for paravirtual drivers to listen for netdev register/unregister/link change events from pci ethernet devices with the same MAC and takeover their

[virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH net-next v9 3/4] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

2018-04-29 Thread Samudrala, Sridhar
On 4/28/2018 1:24 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:06:59PM CEST, sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when a VF netdev is present with the same MAC address. It allows live migration of a VM with a direct attached VF

[virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH net-next v9 2/4] net: Introduce generic failover module

2018-04-29 Thread Samudrala, Sridhar
On 4/28/2018 1:15 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:06:58PM CEST,sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: This provides a generic interface for paravirtual drivers to listen for netdev register/unregister/link change events from pci ethernet devices with the same MAC and takeover their

[virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH net-next v9 1/4] virtio_net: Introduce VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY feature bit

2018-04-29 Thread Samudrala, Sridhar
On 4/28/2018 12:50 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:06:57PM CEST,sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: This feature bit can be used by hypervisor to indicate virtio_net device to act as a standby for another device with the same MAC address. VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY is defined as bit 62

Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] content: net: steering mode: Add RSS

2018-04-29 Thread Sameeh Jubran
On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 1:09 AM, Vijayabhaskar Balakrishna < vijay.balakris...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hi Sameeh, > > See inline.. > > Thanks, > Vijay > > On 4/18/2018 3:46 AM, Sameeh Jubran wrote: > >> From: Sameeh Jubran >> >> This commit introduces the RSS feature into

Re: [virtio-dev] [PATCH v3 1/2] content: net: Add VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_STEERING_MODE feature

2018-04-29 Thread Sameeh Jubran
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:17 PM, Vijayabhaskar Balakrishna < vijay.balakris...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hi Sameeh, > > See inline.. > > On 4/18/2018 3:46 AM, Sameeh Jubran wrote: > >> From: Sameeh Jubran >> >> This commit introduces steering mode into network device. Steering >>

Re: [virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH v1] content: reserve virtio device ID for memory devices

2018-04-29 Thread David Hildenbrand
On 27.04.2018 17:06, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 01:36:24PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote: >> Reserve device ID 24 for virtio-mem devices. >> >> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand > > OK pls open a github issue and send a Fixes: tag here. > Then we can

[virtio-dev] Re: [PATCH net-next v9 3/4] virtio_net: Extend virtio to use VF datapath when available

2018-04-29 Thread Siwei Liu
On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 2:42 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: > Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:06:59PM CEST, sridhar.samudr...@intel.com wrote: >>This patch enables virtio_net to switch over to a VF datapath when a VF >>netdev is present with the same MAC address. It allows live migration >>of a