From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga18.intel.com (mga18.intel.com [134.134.136.126]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7916D2C28 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 17:52:11 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga007.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.58]) by orsmga106.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 15 Oct 2018 08:52:10 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.54,385,1534834800"; d="scan'208";a="81369650" Received: from irsmsx106.ger.corp.intel.com ([163.33.3.31]) by orsmga007.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 15 Oct 2018 08:52:09 -0700 Received: from irsmsx112.ger.corp.intel.com (10.108.20.5) by IRSMSX106.ger.corp.intel.com (163.33.3.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.319.2; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:08 +0100 Received: from irsmsx107.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.10.56]) by irsmsx112.ger.corp.intel.com ([169.254.1.197]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:52:08 +0100 From: "Dumitrescu, Cristian" To: Jerin Jacob , "Varghese, Vipin" CC: "dev@dpdk.org" , "Byrne, Stephen1" , "Mcnamara, John" , "Doherty, Declan" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/tm: update support for pf only Thread-Index: AQHUZFXnMdygddSLD0adJ00d6sN2FKUgX7yAgAAU/TA= Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:52:07 +0000 Message-ID: <3EB4FA525960D640B5BDFFD6A3D891268E7D9C22@IRSMSX107.ger.corp.intel.com> References: <20181015070451.35332-1-vipin.varghese@intel.com> <20181015153438.GA9264@jerin> In-Reply-To: <20181015153438.GA9264@jerin> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-titus-metadata-40: eyJDYXRlZ29yeUxhYmVscyI6IiIsIk1ldGFkYXRhIjp7Im5zIjoiaHR0cDpcL1wvd3d3LnRpdHVzLmNvbVwvbnNcL0ludGVsMyIsImlkIjoiZGEyYTYwMDgtYjc3Ny00MGJmLTllNTctOTE5ZTEyNWRhYjU0IiwicHJvcHMiOlt7Im4iOiJDVFBDbGFzc2lmaWNhdGlvbiIsInZhbHMiOlt7InZhbHVlIjoiQ1RQX05UIn1dfV19LCJTdWJqZWN0TGFiZWxzIjpbXSwiVE1DVmVyc2lvbiI6IjE3LjEwLjE4MDQuNDkiLCJUcnVzdGVkTGFiZWxIYXNoIjoiVUJuSUhyU0dmSVwvR1pPemhjK2ZkUzNLNDVRRlhyN1Rvdmw3cGJnQXY4elVCS2NNUks3R1V1TDhGQWNFXC9oRStcLyJ9 x-ctpclassification: CTP_NT dlp-product: dlpe-windows dlp-version: 11.0.400.15 dlp-reaction: no-action x-originating-ip: [163.33.239.182] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/tm: update support for pf only X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:52:12 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerin Jacob [mailto:jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com] > Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 4:35 PM > To: Varghese, Vipin > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Dumitrescu, Cristian ; > Byrne, Stephen1 ; Mcnamara, John > ; Doherty, Declan > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/tm: update support for pf only >=20 > -----Original Message----- > > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:34:51 +0530 > > From: Vipin Varghese > > To: dev@dpdk.org, cristian.dumitrescu@intel.com > > CC: stephen1.byrne@intel.com, john.mcnamara@intel.com, > > declan.doherty@intel.com, Vipin Varghese > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/tm: update support for pf only > > X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 > > > > > > Documentation is updated to highlight the support for DPDK ethernet > > interface for Traffic Manager is currently limited to PF only. >=20 > Why limit the specification to only PF devices? If a specific HW can > support only PF devices, it can register tm ops only to PF devices. > There are Hardwars which can support TM on VF as well, off course HW > capabilities may be different, It can expressed with exiting TM capabilit= ies > structures. NAK, Agree with Jerin. The API is agnostic of the nature of ethdev port. The API is the same, whet= her it is called for a PF port or for a VF port.