From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty@intel.com>, dev@dpdk.org
Cc: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>,
Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [dpdk=-dev][PATCH v8 0/9] switching devices representation
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:24:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <75c7f252-9761-d2be-50ef-644638205703@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180426104105.18342-1-declan.doherty@intel.com>
On 4/26/2018 11:40 AM, Declan Doherty wrote:
> This patchset follows on from the port rerpesentor patchsets and the
> community discussion that resulted. It outlines the model for
> representing and controlling switching capable devices in a new
> programmer's guide entry based upon the excellent summary by
> Adrien Mazarguil in
> (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-March/092513.html).
>
> The next patches introduce changes to librte_ether to:
> 1, support the definition of a switch domain and make it public to
> application through the rte_eth_dev_info structure.
> 2, Add generic ethdev create/destroy APIs to facilitate and generalise the
> creation of ethdev's on different bus types.
> 3, Add ethdev attribute to dev_flags to specify that a port is a
> representor port and make public through the rte_eth_dev_info
> structure.
> 4, Add devargs parsing for generic eth_devargs to facilate parsing in
> NET PMDs. This will be refactored to take account of the changes in
> (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-March/092513.html)
> 5, Add new API to allocate switch domain ids to devices which support
> this feature.
>
> This patchset also includes the enablement of vf port representor for ixgbe
> and i40e PF devices.
>
> V8:
> - add detailed descriptions to switch information structures
> - fix err condition checking ethdev create helper function
> - fix devargs memory leak and error checking + add documentation on
> ethdev args.
> - remove rte_eth_switch_domains structure from export items.
>
> V7:
>
> This patch address the following changes:
> - fixes in documentation patch
> - changes the default value of switch domain id to be INVALID to allow
> applications to easily identify devices which can/cannot support the
> concept. Updates the switch information available through the
> rte_eth_dev_info structure.
> - remove the rte_ethdev_representor.h header and leave representor
> specific initialisation to driver
> - add new APIs for allocating and freeing switch domain identifier to
> enable PMDs to have unique switch domaind ids without the ethdev
> infrastructure placing any restriction on how theses are managed by
> devices.
> - bug fix in ethdev args parsing code.
>
> Declan Doherty (8):
> doc: add switch representation documentation
> ethdev: add switch identifier parameter to port
> ethdev: add generic create/destroy ethdev APIs
> ethdev: Add port representor device flag
> app/testpmd: add port name to device info
> ethdev: add switch domain allocator
> net/i40e: add support for representor ports
> net/ixgbe: add support for representor ports
>
> Remy Horton (1):
> ethdev: add common devargs parser
For series,
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-26 16:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-28 13:54 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/7] switching device representation Declan Doherty
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/8] doc: add switch representation documentation Declan Doherty
2018-03-28 14:53 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-03-28 15:05 ` Doherty, Declan
2018-04-03 15:52 ` Adrien Mazarguil
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/8] ethdev: add switch identifier parameter to port Declan Doherty
2018-03-29 6:13 ` Shahaf Shuler
2018-03-29 9:13 ` Doherty, Declan
2018-03-29 10:12 ` Shahaf Shuler
2018-03-29 15:12 ` Doherty, Declan
2018-04-01 6:10 ` Shahaf Shuler
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/8] ethdev: add generic create/destroy ethdev APIs Declan Doherty
2018-03-29 6:13 ` Shahaf Shuler
2018-03-29 9:22 ` Doherty, Declan
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/8] ethdev: Add port representor device flag Declan Doherty
2018-03-29 6:13 ` Shahaf Shuler
2018-03-29 7:34 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-03-29 14:53 ` Doherty, Declan
2018-04-01 6:14 ` Shahaf Shuler
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/8] app/testpmd: add port name to device info Declan Doherty
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 6/8] ethdev: add common devargs parser Declan Doherty
2018-03-29 12:12 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 7/8] net/i40e: add support for representor ports Declan Doherty
2018-03-28 13:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 8/8] net/ixgbe: " Declan Doherty
2018-04-16 13:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/9] switching devices representation Declan Doherty
2018-04-16 13:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/9] doc: add switch representation documentation Declan Doherty
2018-04-16 15:55 ` Kovacevic, Marko
2018-04-16 13:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/9] ethdev: add switch identifier parameter to port Declan Doherty
2018-04-24 16:38 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-16 13:05 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/9] ethdev: add generic create/destroy ethdev APIs Declan Doherty
2018-04-20 13:01 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-04-24 17:48 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-16 13:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/9] ethdev: Add port representor device flag Declan Doherty
2018-04-24 19:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-25 12:17 ` Doherty, Declan
2018-04-25 12:23 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-16 13:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/9] app/testpmd: add port name to device info Declan Doherty
2018-04-16 13:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 6/9] ethdev: add common devargs parser Declan Doherty
2018-04-20 13:16 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-04-24 19:53 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-25 9:40 ` Remy Horton
2018-04-25 10:06 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-25 10:45 ` Remy Horton
2018-04-16 13:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 7/9] ethdev: add switch domain allocator Declan Doherty
2018-04-20 13:22 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-04-24 19:58 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-16 13:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 8/9] net/i40e: add support for representor ports Declan Doherty
2018-04-16 13:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 9/9] net/ixgbe: " Declan Doherty
2018-04-20 13:29 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-04-26 10:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk=-dev][PATCH v8 0/9] switching devices representation Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 10:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/9] doc: add switch representation documentation Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 10:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/9] ethdev: add switch identifier parameter to port Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 12:02 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-26 14:26 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-27 16:29 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-26 10:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/9] ethdev: add generic create/destroy ethdev APIs Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 12:16 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-26 10:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/9] ethdev: Add port representor device flag Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 10:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/9] app/testpmd: add port name to device info Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 10:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 6/9] ethdev: add common devargs parser Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 12:03 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-04-26 14:21 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-26 14:28 ` Doherty, Declan
2018-04-26 14:44 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-26 14:48 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-04-26 14:30 ` Remy Horton
2018-04-26 12:15 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-26 10:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 7/9] ethdev: add switch domain allocator Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 12:27 ` Ananyev, Konstantin
2018-04-26 10:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 8/9] net/i40e: add support for representor ports Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 10:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 9/9] net/ixgbe: " Declan Doherty
2018-04-26 16:24 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2018-04-26 16:35 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk=-dev][PATCH v8 0/9] switching devices representation Ferruh Yigit
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