From: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
To: Alejandro Lucero <alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>, dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/18] net/nfp: add PF support
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 17:15:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b58784f7-519b-de02-8942-4731582e9df6@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1504275141-35448-1-git-send-email-alejandro.lucero@netronome.com>
On 9/1/2017 3:12 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> NFP PMD has just had support for SRIOV VFs until now. This patch set adds
> support for the PF, but just for being used as another DPDK port. No VF
> management is added by now.
>
> NFP is a programmable device and it supports virtual NICs (vNICs) through
> firmware implementation. Different firmware applications implement vNICs
> for PF devices and VF devices, being number of vNICs dependent on the
> firmware and the NFP card available. PF vNIC (virtual) BARs are a subset
> of PF PCI device BARs while VF vNIC BARs are same than VF PCI BARs.
>
> Working with VF vNICs requires a PF driver uploading the firmware, doing
> some NFP configuration and creating/destroying VFs. This can be only done
> with the kernel NFP PF netdev driver by now.
>
> Working with PF vNIC requires the PMD doing the NFP configuration and for
> accessing the NFP a specific user space interface is created. NFP Service
> Processor Userspace (NSPU) interface allows to create specific PCI BAR
> windows for accessing different parts of the NFP device, including the
> Network Service Processor (NSP) itself. The NSPU interface is implemented
> as the base for working with the PF.
>
> v2:
> - fix commits headers
> - update nic guide
> - add info to release notes
> - creating different features files for PF and VF
> - fix typo inside nfp_nspu.c
>
> Alejandro Lucero (18):
> net/nfp: add NSP user space interface
> net/nfp: add specific PF probe function
> net/nfp: add support for new PCI id
> net/nfp: add NSP support for commands
> net/nfp: add NSP FW upload command
> net/nfp: add NSP symbol resolution command
> net/nfp: add FW upload logic
> net/nfp: add support for vnic config bar mapping
> net/nfp: add support for vNIC Rx/Tx bar mappings
> net/nfp: support PF devices inside PMD initialization
> net/nfp: allocate ethernet device from PF probe function
> net/nfp: support PF multiport
> net/nfp: add NSP support for HW link configuration
> net/nfp: add support for HW port link configuration
> net/nfp: read PF port MAC addr using NSP
> doc: update NFP with PF support information
> doc: update release notes with NFP PF support
> doc: create different features files for NFP drivers
Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
(Except patch 16/18, instead of it applied patch dpdk.org/patch/28425/)
prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-06 16:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-01 14:12 Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/18] net/nfp: add NSP user space interface Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/18] net/nfp: add specific PF probe function Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/18] net/nfp: add support for new PCI id Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/18] net/nfp: add NSP support for commands Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/18] net/nfp: add NSP FW upload command Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/18] net/nfp: add NSP symbol resolution command Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/18] net/nfp: add FW upload logic Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/18] net/nfp: add support for vnic config bar mapping Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/18] net/nfp: add support for vNIC Rx/Tx bar mappings Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/18] net/nfp: support PF devices inside PMD initialization Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/18] net/nfp: allocate ethernet device from PF probe function Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/18] net/nfp: support PF multiport Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/18] net/nfp: add NSP support for HW link configuration Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 14/18] net/nfp: add support for HW port " Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 15/18] net/nfp: read PF port MAC addr using NSP Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 16/18] doc: update NFP with PF support information Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-04 14:20 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-09-04 16:03 ` Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-06 9:53 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-06 10:43 ` Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 17/18] doc: update release notes with NFP PF support Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-04 16:12 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-09-19 9:53 ` Ferruh Yigit
2017-09-19 10:49 ` Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-01 14:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 18/18] doc: create different features files for NFP drivers Alejandro Lucero
2017-09-04 16:29 ` Mcnamara, John
2017-09-06 16:15 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
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