From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF63E48AFB; Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:41:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65387402A0; Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:41:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-ot1-f46.google.com (mail-ot1-f46.google.com [209.85.210.46]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EF8840151 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:41:07 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-ot1-f46.google.com with SMTP id 46e09a7af769-7c701097a75so554539a34.3 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:41:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1763052066; x=1763656866; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=kHtMwNJdm9f5UDv3qTUAA0azMDa5PZvwRU5ZYcnwsHI=; b=hNln9U4O6B4jZoh8vlzsSFKcRNyt+blufFZEEteU4wMN8QGVe0zfP6X4HnRO3KJ2LU HD6bSVInlLa5C37nNvKL+TtRgHv8g5P36NmlsyxzxaKF9ZjUgd7zi9ItoEsOXbDnx3gT 5b40lDLAbYqCwyA3WOaqa0wr31QNYJMTOemzSIdyHRvIK6cyiZdGWlgRj1PZ/u9z3Dln V3r7U4tYLhJv4bHXrFVCibNddiepsesrkaHQxs7Jz2Cmxc+yTAVDucNeRCh07tTXXGvZ cA6zRF78tcv2wnukMs5gvkcJojtipSPI5fWdn1HteBhkxJYwUdKzL7AHo0WRYHDRj7c0 tnvg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1763052066; x=1763656866; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=kHtMwNJdm9f5UDv3qTUAA0azMDa5PZvwRU5ZYcnwsHI=; b=IbpS8eYi5NhQhrXvaDfP41Jg9RNVD2YpwBHOMpk+oQN7IB0gOMr0cK3lcqtY/1dhsx 2iRgc1/3dfaWhby/3ZxMR+JzQaZkETOWsnANMim3IXSN0En4fhnFkSzUPr5BWVqM1qDE 8Trm2L180azPSBBSp/C2fT6yqVJ/iTOHhNzY+c/d9+E6NG2+cKRpAs3RwBBfAGph5/ah bJP4GVf54x1EZt84a8yAHLkGvfaroxpPRs3QA8NKtDdW78+fYPkiMYgWDrgpvb4rbjwV WiVfHkEUtvfoTXL0jIrIIqAXDZIn1Mzvb8j6riBaSZzkN2budQt3ZnZQZqm9Tytdnjoz 7D+A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yymh5+r6U1v7k0vbcWqN1J0pT4qU1XsNBfJW3jsaX4nEfMvUlqh Hqw0L/OoBHJfx/mPsQj+7q75AKhmgIxO+duVAGWYT3u5J+aN4OSPt+ZmnldZfw9CezU= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncutKem4aD0mXImdlOvI5VcCIGcVtOqUYkrufNNSc9MgvcdcpeBCOO/aEK8pEXW RZESKYVhH8TXKt3OVPKqkQwBJW/nOOyTbhmd+RATGoaQxdi+s04CKNvitqC+mvvjV53TFp7RwwF 3m+KZhIXQXMHVvPWf0fI+4jciCr4UZUk6+kuFypz0bkr/KxxLDwjNcT1F163NFj2n/M65syqz/Y WiqCYR2aFUaZ1f5JADxKtVqz0LtB4rE6hI3zX45OyjWBgk3HXIjNgSulCpUuS8mEn8mFz/+M8mo Uk+UT+chfv/E79XgUGARkjv34yo6/cJfiGgKVyZOVFfAGR3kjIJ9GTFcsBszW6FWRsSgEQ3y0yP FPzFuxYwvkSnUu2/vJ7k36TRFOp0aGw2v0orIAAwd78gBO/Vwez3s1lGIX6cC4u5yN6LW46Nn24 8Vzmf+mBHBIM48/qrjbU0gyUvzS+kU1Y6txKUU8bR9XWpA X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFsY7zUr7yM7gosXvY86kbaPTTb7HIUDE0aXkpoJDUa6klPwU+NV97+phDhUysWgZtnLjoopA== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:1446:b0:450:730e:d126 with SMTP id 5614622812f47-450745d87f6mr3348464b6e.60.1763052066218; Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:41:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from phoenix (204-195-96-226.wavecable.com. [204.195.96.226]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5614622812f47-4508a555527sm1225760b6e.7.2025.11.13.08.41.04 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:41:05 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 08:41:02 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Gregory Etelson Cc: , , , , Andrew Rybchenko Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] ethdev: make representor parameter more explicit Message-ID: <20251113084102.2ebda214@phoenix> In-Reply-To: <20251106055246.360824-1-getelson@nvidia.com> References: <20251028095831.53669-1-getelson@nvidia.com> <20251106055246.360824-1-getelson@nvidia.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Thu, 6 Nov 2025 07:52:44 +0200 Gregory Etelson wrote: > The current format for a port representor parameter is > '-a DBDF,representor=pfXvfY'. > That parameter syntax describes port representor relative to > PCI device DBDF. > In that notation VF Y belongs to PF X and PF X is relative to DBDF. > > The syntax 'pfXvfY' will probe 2 port representors: PF X and VF Y. > If we want to refer only to VF Y related to PF X, the parameter must > be '(pfX)vfY'. > In this case only VF Y representor will be probed. > > Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson > --- Both patches queued in next-net