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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.



  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

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