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 B01C8A0A03; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:15:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A8A9140DC9; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:15:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65936140DBE for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:15:58 +0100 (CET) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.internal [10.202.2.42]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD6F5C0182; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:15:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend2 ([10.202.2.163]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:15:57 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=monjalon.net; h= from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; s=fm3; bh= gAnNjzGc+rJgfZ2736bIrjIu/Swlw3lxtvF2WY/bMG8=; b=s74KNDG+vJtwb/59 953E2T6ICaOXWi7w1jMk4ZE+SFCbcTLPugpHqUl53/MoS+xBR87qC0wuNYu9I5xd W1VOAHwVwHUT+cShBzTxi1UoeriAUByEDhrpfAVwdn4TwtUZ8Y5w57CGo3o7V4Vf wqpDldvoiUDQPhZoqf8H2doHsbcEJ/A97aVygrtJtm0YpxCKtd9EfIByEW1cd9O8 my8Er/x6PqHX8f/WrtC2zY+7VBxVW7+gkZNb5MG2nC229qT/Js20PY47eV5O8qrk 4+lC6EFpJjD1WF+Nuv3uyetHAs26eU2qUVqXkJVk3+OvUU7vp0SF5LA3ptj93b5C xCTwGQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=cc:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-proxy:x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender :x-sasl-enc; s=fm1; bh=gAnNjzGc+rJgfZ2736bIrjIu/Swlw3lxtvF2WY/bM G8=; b=qj6trbF/EXVo6whWxBOa44pvHn10xDMML6vjubb23lenwADHUlNKsRCjS tjsJrnN0Ust3+mA2YbnoLQlUZM21As/Wwf4W9ZN9mkxhRo2xKmhR0puTE+6zKXTP 5d+PwU7cB3zId/gczwdSv1LnV5YFFsMqxebmATbkQzwV5K2RTWNRWF/TvSj3h93w HYijtEfpGaDOsZ/aTJZ/r15Z9DKBmXNf0WUyYhRoM7j/2fmEOdbfeIAhWOeqegO3 pCW/GQS50AaZ0W5bjPxk1nd1rzNVrF5Xp/vjgfFXrbch/5tcP8RR2Sgxt/CuIFRk TTHQLEABJtMbp8+BIZGLokMLBz6dg== X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrtdekgdduuddvucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucesvcftvggtihhpihgvnhhtshculddquddttddmne cujfgurhephffvufffkfgjfhgggfgtsehtufertddttddvnecuhfhrohhmpefvhhhomhgr shcuofhonhhjrghlohhnuceothhhohhmrghssehmohhnjhgrlhhonhdrnhgvtheqnecugg ftrfgrthhtvghrnhepudeggfdvfeduffdtfeeglefghfeukefgfffhueejtdetuedtjeeu ieeivdffgeehnecukfhppeejjedrudefgedrvddtfedrudekgeenucevlhhushhtvghruf hiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehthhhomhgrshesmhhonhhjrghl ohhnrdhnvght X-ME-Proxy: Received: from xps.localnet (184.203.134.77.rev.sfr.net [77.134.203.184]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 25D53108005C; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:15:56 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Ajit Khaparde , Xueming Li Cc: Ferruh Yigit , Andrew Rybchenko , Olivier Matz , dpdk-dev , Viacheslav Ovsiienko , Asaf Penso Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:15:55 +0100 Message-ID: <4783704.kY4qWPY9W3@thomas> In-Reply-To: References: <1608303356-13089-2-git-send-email-xuemingl@nvidia.com> <6467622.ieihe5XLyd@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type 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 Sender: "dev" 18/01/2021 19:00, Ajit Khaparde: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 18/01/2021 18:42, Ajit Khaparde: > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:17 AM Xueming Li wrote: > > > > +enum rte_eth_representor_type { > > > > + RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_NONE, /**< not a representor. */ > > > > + RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_VF, /**< representor of VF. */ > > > > + RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_SF, /**< representor of SF. */ > > > Till we get used to the terminology... > > > Can we also have SF = "Sub Function" mentioned in the docs or comments? > > > > Are we sure about the definition? > > I remember seeing SF = Scalable Function somewhere else (maybe from Intel) > That complicates it. But if they mean the same thing, let's pick one. I think "Sub Function" and "Virtual Function" are easy to understand for everybody. I suggest picking these two for comments above.