From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f45.google.com (mail-wm0-f45.google.com [74.125.82.45]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8AAC494 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:58:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f45.google.com with SMTP id v199so125651113wmv.0 for ; Thu, 23 Jun 2016 05:58:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wlOUrGWLU6eF5b8opYH8cYsU/j+S35XEfOdmshudlAU=; b=fgsTJwQpGtuh/OKwByxlESJVdKZMxSKC8+wsdpDpNBGPPmm6b2QaIkWlmD5beXmZL+ 7Wzd1M21MkOPRZMoMy7UgzxOFm9tnjn6mPh44qaAZtqgyvNnfYPQrwcu5WmEfOfD0Ke2 JbqOm4kt+T58RtZx5NHx2VefKsQlENKxPJ03qpLjDLtW2SKwV+xf+kDK9IzQiekSpV9l bGILgxJ1TSg3uoxEN15zVvlNrxe3UXpXZPkDokU7o2XS/YVk3K8r0FRGXxw0S0WAP5FQ uVILB2HANd0P/7l2CO7jC2+ma/3XvV9K2/XwKJeOJJxhBlXVk1D8ctmdH3PNjBce5Qar QcPA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=wlOUrGWLU6eF5b8opYH8cYsU/j+S35XEfOdmshudlAU=; b=KJvCs79HkTv9UA/xpsJF/647QhS15VIsoalQhMKMcZW327JUrXuy6AYQPNCjvX/bk+ /2RMamGyHY6s9hoT7p4apI0y/Vsq71wib0O9otZPyW1lXbE2rRvub8SNkAXPoZ9w3v/k gtq7vH1UjfTPv4Otcvb3Y8bDiqcGkjQvFVQdL8T3Sl2rAPqQUS8P0p2Aps3pjCgPSIjK QiTM3hVzCkqZ207prDyNsdKIQWQhdCzrUcxM8wZpycK/iWgMY69zr4NrfbI+41wTtqG7 N6639twq58cJLwyV3CBqTjB+gstqAD0To6o7Drhvd3CidxFnHa0JLfVK4G6o8Qax43l2 I1yA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJ68Cmr/axc2ffsN8CeDlkBesdQDvedmSfCIxX+StRYrYLMdfxobxaHqHUXTl6bkBAd X-Received: by 10.194.41.170 with SMTP id g10mr30164767wjl.176.1466686734823; Thu, 23 Jun 2016 05:58:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f189sm3815094wmf.19.2016.06.23.05.58.53 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 23 Jun 2016 05:58:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Jingjing Wu Cc: dev@dpdk.org, john.mcnamara@intel.com, yong.liu@intel.com, helin.zhang@intel.com Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 14:58:53 +0200 Message-ID: <2397257.zo8BvNnhcC@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1466650946-22523-1-git-send-email-jingjing.wu@intel.com> References: <1466650946-22523-1-git-send-email-jingjing.wu@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: add bifurcated driver guide on ixgbe nic X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:58:55 -0000 Hi, Thank you for providing more doc. I am just not convinced it is the right place and it must be discussed. Some questions below to help deciding where it must be. 2016-06-23 11:02, Jingjing Wu: > Bifurcated driver is a mechanism which depends the advanced > Ethernet device to split traffic between queues. It provides > the capability to let the kernel driver and DPDK driver co-exist > and take their advantage. The name "bifurcated driver" was used for a real driver proposal in Linux. I don't think it applies here. > It is achieved by using SRIOV and NIC's advanced filtering. This > patch describes it and adds the user guide on ixgbe NICs. It is not a DPDK feature, just a use case. What do we learn about DPDK?