From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>,
Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>
Cc: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>,
Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>,
Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>, dpdk-dev <dev@dpdk.org>,
Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>,
Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:15:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4783704.kY4qWPY9W3@thomas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACZ4nhucjV-EcbP5R0VbrkV0WH6buDmfzLW7HtODJDb39U_22A@mail.gmail.com>
18/01/2021 19:00, Ajit Khaparde:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> > 18/01/2021 18:42, Ajit Khaparde:
> > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:17 AM Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com> wrote:
> > > > +enum rte_eth_representor_type {
> > > > + RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_NONE, /**< not a representor. */
> > > > + RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_VF, /**< representor of VF. */
> > > > + RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_SF, /**< representor of SF. */
> > > Till we get used to the terminology...
> > > Can we also have SF = "Sub Function" mentioned in the docs or comments?
> >
> > Are we sure about the definition?
> > I remember seeing SF = Scalable Function somewhere else (maybe from Intel)
> That complicates it. But if they mean the same thing, let's pick one.
I think "Sub Function" and "Virtual Function" are easy to understand
for everybody.
I suggest picking these two for comments above.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-18 18:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 209+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-18 14:55 [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/7] support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 1/7] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2020-12-28 11:59 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/9] ethdev: refactor representor infrastructure Xueming Li
2021-01-07 6:31 ` Somnath Kotur
2021-01-07 6:38 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-07 6:40 ` Somnath Kotur
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/9] ethdev: support multi-host representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/9] devarg: change reprsentor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/9] ethdev: capability of new representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/9] kvargs: update parser for " Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] eal: allow PCI device with different representors Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/4] net/mlx5: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] common/mlx5: update representor name parsing Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] net/mlx5: support representor of sub function Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] net/mlx5: revert setting representor to first PF Xueming Li
2021-01-06 16:39 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] net/mlx5: improve bonding representor probe Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/9] ethdev: refactor representor infrastructure Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/9] ethdev: support multi-host representor Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] devarg: change reprsentor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/9] ethdev: capability of new representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/9] kvargs: update parser for " Xueming Li
2021-01-13 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] eal: probe devices of same PCI but different devargs Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 16:24 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 11:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-01-18 15:44 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 17:42 ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-18 17:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 18:00 ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-18 18:15 ` Thomas Monjalon [this message]
2021-01-18 18:17 ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-18 23:41 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 7:39 ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-19 7:24 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 7:37 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 7:49 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 7:56 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 8:39 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 11:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-01-18 16:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-18 23:23 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 7:45 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 8:59 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 9:03 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 10:19 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-18 11:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] devarg: change representor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-18 19:01 ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-20 5:51 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-18 11:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 8/9] ethdev: add capability of sub-function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-18 11:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-01-19 7:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19 8:40 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 14:24 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-22 8:21 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-27 3:04 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-27 12:10 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-28 14:31 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-01 8:39 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-04 14:15 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-05 7:34 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-05 9:13 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-05 9:37 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-27 17:43 ` Ajit Khaparde
2021-01-28 11:45 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-21 3:32 ` Tu, Lijuan
2021-01-19 7:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-01-19 7:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-01-19 7:48 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 8:19 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 7:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-01-19 7:51 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 7:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19 7:53 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 7:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19 8:00 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 9:30 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 9:36 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 11:57 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 7:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-01-19 8:03 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 9:32 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 7:14 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/9] devarg: change representor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2021-01-19 7:36 ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-01-19 8:11 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 8:20 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 8:33 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-01-19 11:04 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 11:15 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 7:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 8/9] ethdev: add capability of sub-function representor Xueming Li
2021-01-19 8:06 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 11:19 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-01-19 11:29 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-19 7:15 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-02-23 1:54 ` Stephen Hemminger
2021-02-23 11:45 ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-02-28 13:51 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-31 5:49 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-31 5:58 ` Wang, Haiyue
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-02-15 2:25 ` Hyong Youb Kim (hyonkim)
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-02-15 8:13 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-02-15 8:25 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16 9:00 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-02-15 8:28 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-15 8:35 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16 14:54 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-02-15 8:37 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 7/9] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-02-15 8:50 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16 15:11 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 8/9] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-02-15 9:31 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-16 16:35 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-02-25 7:32 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-02-14 3:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:51 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-02 11:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 7/9] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-03-02 11:56 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-02 11:43 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 8/9] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-03-02 14:10 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-02 15:18 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-02 11:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/9] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-03-08 16:43 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09 7:13 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:35 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/9] ethdev: support representor port list Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:38 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 15:58 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-08 16:22 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09 6:16 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/9] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/9] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/9] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 7/9] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:43 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 15:31 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-08 16:12 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09 4:13 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 8/9] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-03-08 16:18 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-09 6:00 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-09 8:19 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-03-11 13:18 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-04 14:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 9/9] kvargs: update parser to support lists Xueming Li
2021-03-08 14:45 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 14:59 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-08 15:54 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-08 16:01 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 00/10] ethdev: support SubFunction representor Xueming Li
2021-03-16 19:18 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-17 9:00 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 01/10] ethdev: introduce representor type Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 02/10] ethdev: refactor representor port list parsing Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 03/10] ethdev: support new VF representor syntax Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 04/10] ethdev: support sub function representor Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 05/10] kvargs: update parser to support multiple lists Xueming Li
2021-04-12 16:42 ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 06/10] ethdev: support PF index in representor Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 07/10] ethdev: support multi-host " Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 08/10] ethdev: new API to get representor info Xueming Li
2021-03-16 19:18 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-16 21:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-03-16 23:34 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-17 6:57 ` Thomas Monjalon
2021-03-17 17:11 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 09/10] ethdev: representor iterator compare complete info Xueming Li
2021-03-11 13:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 10/10] doc/release: add representor enhancements Xueming Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 2/7] ethdev: support multi-host representor Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:43 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 3/7] devarg: change reprsentor ID to bitmap Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:36 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2021-01-05 6:19 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 4/7] ethdev: capability for new representor syntax Xueming Li
2020-12-28 12:02 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 5/7] kvargs: update parser " Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:21 ` Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 6/7] common/mlx5: update representor name parsing Xueming Li
2020-12-18 14:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 7/7] net/mlx5: support representor of sub function Xueming Li
2020-12-28 13:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/7] support SubFunction representor Andrew Rybchenko
2020-12-30 8:54 ` Xueming(Steven) Li
2020-12-30 11:07 ` Thomas Monjalon
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=4783704.kY4qWPY9W3@thomas \
--to=thomas@monjalon.net \
--cc=ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com \
--cc=andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru \
--cc=asafp@nvidia.com \
--cc=dev@dpdk.org \
--cc=ferruh.yigit@intel.com \
--cc=olivier.matz@6wind.com \
--cc=viacheslavo@nvidia.com \
--cc=xuemingl@nvidia.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).