From: "Wang, Xiao W" <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>, "Xu, Rosen" <rosen.xu@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>,
"maxime.coquelin@redhat.com" <maxime.coquelin@redhat.com>,
"yliu@fridaylinux.org" <yliu@fridaylinux.org>,
"Wang, Zhihong" <zhihong.wang@intel.com>,
"Bie, Tiwei" <tiwei.bie@intel.com>,
"Chen, Junjie J" <junjie.j.chen@intel.com>,
"Daly, Dan" <dan.daly@intel.com>,
"Liang, Cunming" <cunming.liang@intel.com>,
"Burakov, Anatoly" <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>,
"gaetan.rivet@6wind.com" <gaetan.rivet@6wind.com>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf driver
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 10:39:50 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <B7F2E978279D1D49A3034B7786DACF406F8563F0@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3903591.iEHhUDiruC@xps>
Hi Thomas,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas@monjalon.net]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2018 4:52 AM
> To: Wang, Xiao W <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>; Xu, Rosen <rosen.xu@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; maxime.coquelin@redhat.com; yliu@fridaylinux.org; Wang,
> Zhihong <zhihong.wang@intel.com>; Bie, Tiwei <tiwei.bie@intel.com>; Chen,
> Junjie J <junjie.j.chen@intel.com>; Daly, Dan <dan.daly@intel.com>; Liang,
> Cunming <cunming.liang@intel.com>; Burakov, Anatoly
> <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; gaetan.rivet@6wind.com
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf driver
>
> 21/03/2018 14:21, Xiao Wang:
> > ifcvf driver uses vdev as a control domain to manage ifc VFs that belong
> > to it. It registers vDPA device ops to vhost lib to enable these VFs to be
> > used as vhost data path accelerator.
>
> Not everybody work at Intel.
> Please explain what means ifcvf and what is a control domain.
OK, and I will add a document.
>
> > Live migration feature is supported by ifc VF and this driver enables
> > it based on vhost lib.
> >
> > Because vDPA driver needs to set up MSI-X vector to interrupt the guest,
> > only vfio-pci is supported currently.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Rosen Xu <rosen.xu@intel.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - Rebase on Zhihong's vDPA v3 patch set.
> > ---
> > config/common_base | 6 +
> > config/common_linuxapp | 1 +
> > drivers/net/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/net/ifcvf/Makefile | 40 +
> > drivers/net/ifcvf/base/ifcvf.c | 329 ++++++++
> > drivers/net/ifcvf/base/ifcvf.h | 156 ++++
> > drivers/net/ifcvf/base/ifcvf_osdep.h | 52 ++
> > drivers/net/ifcvf/ifcvf_ethdev.c | 1240
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/net/ifcvf/rte_ifcvf_version.map | 4 +
> > mk/rte.app.mk | 1 +
>
> This feature needs to be explained and documented.
> It will be helpful to understand the mechanism and to have a good review.
> Please do not merge it until there is a good documentation.
>
Will add a doc with more details.
BRs,
Xiao
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-23 10:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-09 23:08 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] " Xiao Wang
2018-03-09 23:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] eal/vfio: add support for multiple container Xiao Wang
2018-03-14 12:08 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-03-15 16:49 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-09 23:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] bus/pci: expose sysfs parsing API Xiao Wang
2018-03-14 11:19 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-03-14 13:30 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-03-15 16:49 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-15 17:19 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-03-19 1:31 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-21 13:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] add ifcvf driver Xiao Wang
2018-03-21 13:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] eal/vfio: add support for multiple container Xiao Wang
2018-03-21 20:32 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-03-21 21:37 ` Gaëtan Rivet
2018-03-22 3:00 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-21 13:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] bus/pci: expose sysfs parsing API Xiao Wang
2018-03-21 20:44 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-03-22 2:46 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-21 13:21 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf driver Xiao Wang
2018-03-21 20:52 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-03-23 10:39 ` Wang, Xiao W [this message]
2018-03-21 20:57 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-23 10:37 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-22 8:51 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-03-22 17:23 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-31 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-03-31 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] eal/vfio: add support for multiple container Xiao Wang
2018-03-31 11:06 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-31 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/4] net/virtio: skip device probe in vdpa mode Xiao Wang
2018-03-31 11:13 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-31 13:16 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-02 4:08 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-31 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/4] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-03-31 11:26 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-04-03 9:38 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-04-04 14:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/4] " Xiao Wang
2018-04-04 14:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/4] eal/vfio: add multiple container support Xiao Wang
2018-04-05 18:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/4] add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-05 18:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/4] eal/vfio: add multiple container support Xiao Wang
2018-04-05 18:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/4] net/virtio: skip device probe in vdpa mode Xiao Wang
2018-04-11 18:58 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-05 18:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/4] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-11 18:58 ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-12 7:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/4] " Xiao Wang
2018-04-12 7:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/4] eal/vfio: add multiple container support Xiao Wang
2018-04-12 14:03 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-12 16:07 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-04-12 16:24 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-13 9:18 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-04-15 15:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-15 15:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] vfio: extend data structure for multi container Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 10:02 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-16 12:22 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-04-16 15:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 15:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/5] vfio: extend data structure for multi container Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 15:56 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-16 15:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/5] vfio: add multi container support Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 15:58 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-17 7:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/5] add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-17 7:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 1/5] vfio: extend data structure for multi container Xiao Wang
2018-04-17 7:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 2/5] vfio: add multi container support Xiao Wang
2018-04-17 7:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 3/5] net/virtio: skip device probe in vdpa mode Xiao Wang
2018-04-17 7:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 4/5] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-17 7:06 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 5/5] doc: add ifcvf driver document and release note Xiao Wang
2018-04-17 11:13 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v9 0/5] add ifcvf vdpa driver Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-16 15:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/5] net/virtio: skip device probe in vdpa mode Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 15:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/5] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 15:34 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/5] doc: add ifcvf driver document and release note Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 16:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] add ifcvf vdpa driver Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-16 18:07 ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-04-17 5:36 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-04-15 15:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/5] vfio: add multi container support Xiao Wang
2018-04-16 10:03 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2018-04-16 12:44 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-04-15 15:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/5] net/virtio: skip device probe in vdpa mode Xiao Wang
2018-04-15 15:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/5] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-15 15:33 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/5] doc: add ifcvf driver document and release note Xiao Wang
2018-04-12 7:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/4] net/virtio: skip device probe in vdpa mode Xiao Wang
2018-04-12 7:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/4] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-12 7:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/4] doc: add ifcvf driver document and release note Xiao Wang
2018-04-05 18:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 " Xiao Wang
2018-04-11 18:59 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/4] add ifcvf vdpa driver Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-12 5:47 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-04-04 14:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/4] net/virtio: skip device probe in vdpa mode Xiao Wang
2018-04-04 14:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/4] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf vdpa driver Xiao Wang
2018-04-04 14:40 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/4] doc: add ifcvf driver document and release note Xiao Wang
2018-03-31 2:29 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/4] net/ifcvf: add " Xiao Wang
2018-03-31 11:28 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-09 23:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] net/ifcvf: add ifcvf driver Xiao Wang
2018-03-10 18:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] " Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-15 16:49 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-21 20:47 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-23 10:27 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-25 9:51 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-26 9:05 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-26 13:29 ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-03-27 4:40 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-03-27 5:09 ` Maxime Coquelin
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