From: Robin Zhang <robinx.zhang@intel.com>
To: david.marchand@redhat.com
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, beilei.xing@intel.com, anatoly.burakov@intel.com,
jingjing.wu@intel.com, mdr@ashroe.eu, qi.z.zhang@intel.com,
junfeng.guo@intel.com, stevex.yang@intel.com,
ktraynor@redhat.com, robinx.zhang@intel.com
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 09:40:12 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210831094012.727805-1-robinx.zhang@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210830031215.557238-1-robinx.zhang@intel.com>
From: robinx.zhang@intel.com
Hi David
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2021 7:41 PM
> To: Zhang, RobinX <robinx.zhang@intel.com>
> Cc: dev <dev@dpdk.org>; Xing, Beilei <beilei.xing@intel.com>; Burakov,
> Anatoly <anatoly.burakov@intel.com>; Wu, Jingjing
> <jingjing.wu@intel.com>; Ray Kinsella <mdr@ashroe.eu>; Zhang, Qi Z
> <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>; Guo, Junfeng <junfeng.guo@intel.com>; Yang,
> SteveX <stevex.yang@intel.com>; Kevin Traynor <ktraynor@redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 5:25 AM Robin Zhang <robinx.zhang@intel.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > In DPDK 21.05, iavf already became the default VF for i40e devices.
> > So remove i40evf due to it's no need to maintain now.
> >
> > Robin Zhang (3):
> > net/i40e: remove i40evf
> > net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option
> > doc: remove old deprecation notice for i40e
>
> Release notes must be updated.
Will update in v2 patch.
>
> Are you leaving the PF support for servicing i40evf devices on purpose?
> Idem, driver-specific API wrt to VF is still present.
I40evf driver is the old VF driver for i40e devices, now it's replaced by iavf driver.
We still need the i40e PF support and driver-specific API work with iavf on i40e devices.
>
>
> --
> David Marchand
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-31 9:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-30 3:12 Robin Zhang
2021-08-30 3:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] " Robin Zhang
2021-08-30 3:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option Robin Zhang
2021-08-30 3:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: remove old deprecation notice for i40e Robin Zhang
2021-08-30 11:41 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf David Marchand
2021-08-31 9:40 ` Robin Zhang [this message]
2021-08-31 15:26 ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-09-01 3:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 " Robin Zhang
2021-09-01 3:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] " Robin Zhang
2021-09-01 11:13 ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-09-06 1:10 ` Zhang, Qi Z
2021-09-01 3:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option Robin Zhang
2021-09-01 11:13 ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-09-01 3:30 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: remove i40evf related documentation Robin Zhang
2021-09-01 11:11 ` Kinsella, Ray
2021-09-10 7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf Robin Zhang
2021-09-10 7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] " Robin Zhang
2021-09-10 7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/3] net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option Robin Zhang
2021-09-10 7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] doc: remove i40evf related documentation Robin Zhang
2021-09-10 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf Robin Zhang
2021-09-10 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] " Robin Zhang
2021-09-10 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option Robin Zhang
2021-09-10 8:12 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] doc: remove i40evf related documentation Robin Zhang
2021-09-15 3:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf Robin Zhang
2021-09-15 3:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] " Robin Zhang
2021-09-15 3:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/3] net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option Robin Zhang
2021-09-15 3:09 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/3] doc: remove i40evf related documentation Robin Zhang
2021-09-15 4:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf Zhang, Qi Z
2021-09-16 16:27 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-17 1:55 ` Zhang, RobinX
2021-09-17 8:05 ` Ferruh Yigit
2021-09-17 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 " Robin Zhang
2021-09-17 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/3] " Robin Zhang
2021-09-17 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/3] net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option Robin Zhang
2021-09-17 10:18 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/3] doc: remove i40evf related documentation Robin Zhang
2021-09-24 6:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf Robin Zhang
2021-09-24 6:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/3] " Robin Zhang
2021-09-24 6:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/3] net/iavf: remove i40evf devargs option Robin Zhang
2021-09-24 6:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/3] doc: remove i40evf related documentation Robin Zhang
2021-09-26 6:22 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/3] net/i40e: remove i40evf Zhang, Qi Z
2021-10-05 9:43 ` Thomas Monjalon
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