From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f47.google.com (mail-wm0-f47.google.com [74.125.82.47]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 377A9A10 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:35:31 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f47.google.com with SMTP id n11so41560753wma.0 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 07:35:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BTpiG/UqtaMOevz1TjeGcBdisSxigeqJ2m9ZVmAFoIA=; b=GF7YHKy/QcrfTk4gqEWqtQBnE1gnkzqeZjCM39bPh1K+mTEkaBm/QhuIFWTIrujueU VSW4uT0zBqhgjUGV7p/yrpX2UlWD+fYmKR6FMg4USe6aw91gz+Zf34rXC46DnitgKc0M FTwd8P4yUpEzLR34H8JDYUJZ5yYoVdwm0zCTMSxnclqO2QR/797W7GyT8YGlfGx5Yyqk c2EbX4jk1f12dDGWVbt4NOfx9Ofd7cm2HfCJJyRyz5hkKrUjteVS7uKSWSm1g+q5PMLX fM3qO6s2W2OkNRS/gBmbT4bOkepc18fVz7GmnL62nFJ5SNB1DM498Lx4uPqiD3dEDmQY rs7w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BTpiG/UqtaMOevz1TjeGcBdisSxigeqJ2m9ZVmAFoIA=; b=O4axljlBwu+M7Oww8ZESA4lgVoN5fPxWBwIr1RJWmxqKoF0xnNnb8SVpV+pCtlf7Fh dkg8rP3bs2/IBzl8T79mduA2zroWqULfX+k/ZyKnSwbOvsz8EK3TxOxOWVFupeJVOuaO 1JU+5wA2NJhTw2cHrnNvygmUI08Cmooke9IbN0/JQP6baA5Lc27Dpixde7lK+zhhLUwd /pusP1Msn07N+GFarfWkbCuc+xbL6DNt6+QpWnFDRoKFcBaA+uK0Q1+aLSYvUwBj+DZU miWo3OLXDqMdnBWVsWHjEPnyw6Wp4Misx6TeQM820aeJnIBsiG/qmVFKv8iwjB6JRGxP iyXQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H34u97M+b0TIDALSYJjVju7AtT0/FFCo2Gf+YwYgBXsossSt8qV9GMNxtNYq0OmjWps X-Received: by 10.28.35.151 with SMTP id j145mr10417125wmj.50.1489415730942; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 07:35:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from xps13.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net. [77.134.203.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g5sm25274136wrb.48.2017.03.13.07.35.30 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 13 Mar 2017 07:35:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Helin Zhang , Jingjing Wu , jing.d.chen@intel.com Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com, vincent.jardin@6wind.com, dev@dpdk.org Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:35:29 +0100 Message-ID: <1623193.ZGhhn5RSHY@xps13> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.5.4-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <248236628.l6b5mhHNAu@xps13> References: <248236628.l6b5mhHNAu@xps13> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e SR-IOV with Linux PF X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 14:35:31 -0000 +Cc dev@dpdk.org 2017-03-13 15:29, Thomas Monjalon: > Hi i40e developers, > > Referring to the VFD discussion, I thought basic behaviours were the > same regardless of the PF driver: > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-December/053056.html > " > > In the meanwhile, we have some test models ongoing to validate > > combination of Linux and DPDK drivers for VF and PF. > > We'll fully support below 4 cases going forward. > > 1. DPDK PF + DPDK VF > > 2. DPDK PF + Linux VF > > 3. Linux PF + DPDK VF > > 4. Linux PF + Linux VF (it's not our scope) > [...] > > Linux PF + DPDK VF has been tested with 1.0 API long time ago. > > There is some test activities ongoing. > " > > I think the Linux PF case is important and deserves more consideration. > When looking at the code, specifically i40evf_vlan_offload_set() and > i40evf_vlan_pvid_set(), I read this: > " > /* Linux pf host doesn't support vlan offload yet */ > if (vf->version_major == I40E_DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR) { > " > > Is there some work in progress on Linux side to get the same behaviour > as with a DPDK PF? > > At least, it must be documented in > doc/guides/nics/features/i40e_vf.ini > and marked as partially supported (P instead of Y) in > doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst