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 17:35:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cf381aa7-308f-03d4-ef74-5e8c82e75339@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <75c7f252-9761-d2be-50ef-644638205703@intel.com>
On 4/26/2018 5:24 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> 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>
Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-04-26 16:35 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 ` [dpdk-dev] [dpdk=-dev][PATCH v8 0/9] switching devices representation Ferruh Yigit
2018-04-26 16:35 ` Ferruh Yigit [this message]
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