From: Dan Aloni <dan@kernelim.com>
To: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] eal/linux: allow to map BARs with MSI-X tables, around them
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 16:06:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150128140627.GA25787@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1421915771-10376-1-git-send-email-dan@kernelim.com>
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:36:11AM +0200, Dan Aloni wrote:
> While VFIO doesn't allow us to map complete BARs with MSI-X tables,
> it does allow us to map around them in PAGE_SIZE granularity. There
> might be adapters that provide their registers in the same BAR
> but on a different page. For example, Intel's NVME adapter, though
> not a network adapter, provides only one MMIO BAR that contains
> the MSI-X table.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <dan@kernelim.com>
> CC: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>
Has anyone reviewed this yet?
I am asking because I am interested to know whether someone is aiming
to integrate storage controllers support into DPDK, and this patch
could be instrumental.
--
Dan Aloni
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-28 14:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-22 8:36 Dan Aloni
2015-01-28 14:06 ` Dan Aloni [this message]
2015-01-28 15:01 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2015-01-28 22:04 ` Dan Aloni
2015-01-28 22:04 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] " Dan Aloni
2015-01-29 10:22 ` Burakov, Anatoly
2015-01-29 10:25 ` Dan Aloni
2015-02-23 20:58 ` Thomas Monjalon
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