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From: Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
To: alejandro.lucero@netronome.com, tiwei.bie@intel.com
Cc: maxime.coquelin@redhat.com, dev@dpdk.org, zhihong.wang@intel.com,
	xiaolong.ye@intel.com, Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 9/9] doc: update ifc NIC document
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:09:10 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181213100910.13087-10-xiao.w.wang@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181213100910.13087-1-xiao.w.wang@intel.com>

Add the SW assisted VDPA live migration feature into NIC doc.

Signed-off-by: Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
---
v3:
* Add commit message for the doc update patch.
* More description on the device argument.

v2:
* Add release note.
---
 doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst                | 8 ++++++++
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst
index 48f9adf1d..eb55d329a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ the driver probe a new container is created for this device, with this
 container vDPA driver can program DMA remapping table with the VM's memory
 region information.
 
+The device argument "swlm=1" will configure the driver into SW assisted live
+migration mode. In this mode, the driver will set up a SW relay thread when LM
+happens, this thread will help device to log dirty pages. Thus this mode does
+not require HW to implement a dirty page logging function block, but will
+consume some percentage of CPU resource depending on the network throughput.
+If no "swlm=1" specified, driver will rely on device's logging capability.
+
 Key IFCVF vDPA driver ops
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -70,6 +77,7 @@ Features
 Features of the IFCVF driver are:
 
 - Compatibility with virtio 0.95 and 1.0.
+- SW assisted vDPA live migration.
 
 
 Prerequisites
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst
index a94fa86a7..ea3909631 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_02.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ New Features
      Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin.
      =========================================================
 
+* **Add support for SW-assisted VDPA live migration.**
+  This SW-assisted VDPA live migration facility helps VDPA devices without
+  logging capability to perform live migration, a mediate SW relay can help
+  devices to track dirty pages caused by DMA. IFC driver has enabled this
+  SW-assisted live migration mode.
 
 Removed Items
 -------------
-- 
2.15.1

  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-12-13 10:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-11-28  9:45 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/9] support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:45 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/9] vhost: provide helper for host notifier ctrl Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/9] vhost: provide helpers for virtio ring relay Xiao Wang
2018-12-04  6:22   ` Tiwei Bie
2018-12-12  6:51     ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-13  1:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/9] support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/9] vhost: provide helper for host notifier ctrl Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/9] vhost: provide helpers for virtio ring relay Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09       ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/9] vhost: provide helper for host notifier ctrl Xiao Wang
2018-12-14 13:33           ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 19:05             ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-14 21:16           ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/10] support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 01/10] vhost: remove unused internal API Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  8:58               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 02/10] vhost: provide helper for host notifier ctrl Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:00               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 03/10] vhost: provide helpers for virtio ring relay Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:10               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-17  8:51                 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-17 11:02                   ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-17 14:41                     ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-17 19:00                       ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-18  8:27                         ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-18  8:44                           ` Thomas Monjalon
2018-12-18  8:01               ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 00/10] support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-18  8:01                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 01/10] vhost: remove unused internal API Xiao Wang
2018-12-18  8:01                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 02/10] vhost: provide helper for host notifier ctrl Xiao Wang
2018-12-18 15:37                   ` Ferruh Yigit
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 03/10] vhost: provide helpers for virtio ring relay Xiao Wang
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 04/10] net/ifc: dump debug message for error Xiao Wang
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 05/10] net/ifc: store only registered device instance Xiao Wang
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 06/10] net/ifc: detect if VDPA mode is specified Xiao Wang
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 07/10] net/ifc: add devarg for LM mode Xiao Wang
2018-12-18 11:23                   ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 08/10] net/ifc: use lib API for used ring logging Xiao Wang
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 09/10] net/ifc: support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-18 11:33                   ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-18  8:02                 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 10/10] doc: update ifc NIC document Xiao Wang
2018-12-18 11:35                   ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/10] net/ifc: dump debug message for error Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:11               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 05/10] net/ifc: store only registered device instance Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:12               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 06/10] net/ifc: detect if VDPA mode is specified Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:17               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-17  8:54                 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 07/10] net/ifc: add devarg for LM mode Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:21               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-17  9:00                 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 08/10] net/ifc: use lib API for used ring logging Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:24               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 09/10] net/ifc: support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:35               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-17  9:12                 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-17 11:08                   ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-14 21:16             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 10/10] doc: update ifc NIC document Xiao Wang
2018-12-16  9:36               ` Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-17  9:15                 ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-18 14:01             ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 00/10] support SW assisted VDPA live migration Maxime Coquelin
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/9] vhost: provide helpers for virtio ring relay Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/9] net/ifc: dump debug message for error Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/9] net/ifc: store only registered device instance Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/9] net/ifc: detect if VDPA mode is specified Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/9] net/ifc: add devarg for LM mode Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/9] net/ifc: use lib API for used ring logging Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 8/9] net/ifc: support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-13 10:09         ` Xiao Wang [this message]
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/9] net/ifc: dump debug message for error Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/9] net/ifc: store only registered device instance Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/9] net/ifc: detect if VDPA mode is specified Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/9] net/ifc: add devarg for LM mode Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/9] net/ifc: use lib API for used ring logging Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 8/9] net/ifc: support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-12-13  1:10     ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 9/9] doc: update ifc NIC document Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/9] net/ifc: dump debug message for error Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/9] net/ifc: store only registered device instance Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/9] net/ifc: detect if VDPA mode is specified Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/9] net/ifc: add devarg for LM mode Xiao Wang
2018-12-04  6:31   ` Tiwei Bie
2018-12-12  6:53     ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-12-12 10:15   ` Alejandro Lucero
2018-12-12 10:23     ` Wang, Xiao W
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/9] net/ifc: use lib API for used ring logging Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/9] net/ifc: support SW assisted VDPA live migration Xiao Wang
2018-11-28  9:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 9/9] doc: update ifc NIC document Xiao Wang

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