From: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
To: "Zhao1, Wei" <wei.zhao1@intel.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Cc: "Mcnamara, John" <john.mcnamara@intel.com>,
"dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"Lu, Wenzhuo" <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for port reset
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 09:02:39 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2601191342CEEE43887BDE71AB9772583FAE5871@IRSMSX109.ger.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A2573D2ACFCADC41BB3BE09C6DE313CA0207A23C@PGSMSX103.gar.corp.intel.com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Zhao1, Wei
> Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2017 9:53 AM
> To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
> Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Lu, Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for port reset
>
> Hi, Thomas
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 6, 2017 3:11 PM
> > To: Zhao1, Wei <wei.zhao1@intel.com>
> > Cc: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Lu,
> > Wenzhuo <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for port
> > reset
> >
> > 2017-04-06 02:57, Zhao1, Wei:
> > > > /**
> > > > > + * Reset an ethernet device when it's not working. One scenario
> > > > > + is, after PF
> > > > > + * port is down and up, the related VF port should be reset.
> > > > > + * The API will stop the port, clear the rx/tx queues, re-setup
> > > > > + the rx/tx
> > > > > + * queues, restart the port.
> > > >
> > > > s/The API/This function/
> > > >
> > > > Please explain exactly the responsibility of this function, and how
> > > > it is different from calling stop/configure/start.
> > >
> > > In this reset feature, reset function can do the calling
> > > stop/configure/start process, but also It can also do some restore
> > > work for the port, for example, it can restore the added parameters of
> > vlan, mac_addrs, promisc_unicast_enabled falg and
> > promisc_multicast_enabled flag.
Ok, but why start/stop can't do these things?
Konstantin
> > > Maybe , I should add this explanation in the patch comments or function
> > comments?
> >
> > Yes it must be explain in the doxygen part of the function.
>
> Yes, I have add that explanation in v5 which has been commit to dpdk.org.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-06 9:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-30 9:34 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] net/i40e: vf " Wei Zhao
2017-03-30 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for " Wei Zhao
2017-03-30 19:55 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-06 2:57 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-06 7:11 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-06 8:53 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-06 9:02 ` Ananyev, Konstantin [this message]
2017-04-10 20:58 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-13 8:55 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-13 10:06 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-14 1:29 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-14 6:31 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-14 8:03 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-17 2:08 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-17 5:02 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-20 6:07 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-04-20 9:17 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-21 2:27 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-04-21 8:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-21 8:59 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-21 9:28 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-24 2:01 ` Yuanhan Liu
2017-04-24 3:15 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-24 3:39 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-24 8:04 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-25 3:14 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-21 8:55 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-03-30 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] net/i40e: implement device reset on port Wei Zhao
2017-03-30 9:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] app/testpmd: add port reset command into testpmd Wei Zhao
2017-03-30 12:32 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] net/i40e: vf port reset Wu, Jingjing
2017-04-05 5:42 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-06 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Wei Zhao
2017-04-06 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for " Wei Zhao
2017-04-06 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] net/i40e: implement device reset on port Wei Zhao
2017-04-06 6:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] app/testpmd: add port reset command into testpmd Wei Zhao
2017-04-06 6:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/3] net/i40e: vf port reset Wei Zhao
2017-04-06 6:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for " Wei Zhao
2017-04-07 6:58 ` Yang, Qiming
2017-04-10 2:21 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-06 6:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] net/i40e: implement device reset on port Wei Zhao
2017-04-06 6:51 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] app/testpmd: add port reset command into testpmd Wei Zhao
2017-04-10 3:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] net/i40e: vf port reset Wei Zhao
2017-04-10 3:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for " Wei Zhao
2017-04-20 20:49 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-21 3:20 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-20 20:52 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-10 3:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] net/i40e: implement device reset on port Wei Zhao
2017-04-20 21:12 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-21 3:39 ` Zhao1, Wei
2017-04-20 21:20 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-10 3:02 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] app/testpmd: add port reset command into testpmd Wei Zhao
2017-04-20 21:37 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] net/i40e: vf port reset Thomas Monjalon
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-03-30 9:21 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 " Wei Zhao
2017-03-30 9:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] lib/librte_ether: add support for " Wei Zhao
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