From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@6wind.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, hyunseok@ieee.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Ethtool support in DPDK pmd
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 17:31:00 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140602173100.4168307c@nehalam.linuxnetplumber.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <538CEE10.4000900@6wind.com>
On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:35:12 +0200
Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@6wind.com> wrote:
> On 02/06/2014 22:37, Chris Wright wrote:
> > If drivers stayed in kernel and kernel drivers exposed a mechansim for
> > registering application dma buffers for dpdk apps, then ethtool would
> > simply work as-is.
>
> Yes, that's the right way to go. Currently, the kernel does not provide
> a generic framework for that and I am not aware of any projects in order
> to define it. Could it be something to discuss on netdev@?
>
> So, as a workaround, some proprietary solutions get implemented in order
> to get ethtool running with any DPDK PMD.
>
> Best regards,
> Vincent
Ethtool has a number of problems. You can implement for KNI or TUN type
devices, but it really doesn't make sense for a generic type driver.
Also, it tends to get used for device specific things.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-03 0:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-02 16:31 HS
2014-06-02 16:37 ` Jayakumar, Muthurajan
2014-06-02 20:18 ` HS
2014-06-02 20:37 ` Chris Wright
2014-06-02 21:35 ` Vincent JARDIN
2014-06-03 0:31 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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