From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, Elad Persiko <eladpe@mellanox.com>,
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>,
Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>,
Billy McFall <bmcfall@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/5] ethdev: introduce device removal event
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2017 15:59:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <923e5a49-6514-4a28-fb89-81e196ae99c9@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ad86ce93ead0e79acbe65d08038ec0ec1ddbb01e.1492517222.git.gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
On 4/18/2017 1:17 PM, Gaetan Rivet wrote:
> This new API allows reacting to a device removal.
> A device removal is the sudden disappearance of a device from its
> bus.
>
> PMDs implementing support for this notification guarantee that the removal
> of the underlying device does not incur a risk to the application.
>
> In particular, Rx/Tx bursts and all other functions can still be called
> (albeit likely returning errors) without triggering a crash, irrespective
> of an application handling this event.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gaetan Rivet <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
> Signed-off-by: Elad Persiko <eladpe@mellanox.com>
<...>
> diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> index b1b9114..cafc6c7 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> +++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> Speed capabilities =
> Link status =
> Link status event =
> +Removal event =
> Queue status event =
> Rx interrupt =
> Free Tx mbuf on demand =
This release a few NIC features added, and it is hard to follow them if
you are particularly looking for these features.
So do you think does it make sense to put those new PMD features into
release notes to make it more visible?
Thanks,
ferruh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-04-21 14:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-03-03 15:40 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] add " Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] ethdev: introduce " Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/5] net/mlx4: device removal event support Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/5] app/testpmd: generic event handler Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/5] app/testpmd: request link status interrupt Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-03 15:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/5] app/testpmd: request device removal interrupt Gaetan Rivet
2017-03-23 10:24 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/5] add device removal event Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-18 12:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-18 12:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/5] ethdev: introduce " Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-21 14:59 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
2017-04-25 9:05 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-05-02 7:35 ` Jan Blunck
2017-05-02 9:18 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-05-02 12:20 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-04-18 12:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/5] net/mlx4: device removal event support Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-18 12:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/5] app/testpmd: generic event handler Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-18 12:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/5] app/testpmd: request link status interrupt Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-21 14:55 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-04-25 9:07 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2017-04-25 9:40 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-04-25 10:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] doc: fix missing backquotes Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-25 10:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] doc: add device removal event to release note Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-25 10:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: add lsc and rmv interrupt to testpmd user guide Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-25 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] doc: fix missing backquotes Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-25 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/4] doc: add device removal event to release note Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-26 14:59 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-04-25 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/4] doc: add LSC and RMV interrupt to testpmd user guide Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-26 15:00 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-04-25 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/4] devtools: add git log checks for rmv Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-26 15:01 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-04-30 22:28 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-26 14:58 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/4] doc: fix missing backquotes Mcnamara, John
2017-04-30 22:30 ` Thomas Monjalon
2017-04-18 12:17 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/5] app/testpmd: request device removal interrupt Gaetan Rivet
2017-04-20 22:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/5] add device removal event Thomas Monjalon
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