From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EAC52C35 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 05:44:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 13 Mar 2017 21:44:32 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.36,162,1486454400"; d="scan'208";a="235722327" Received: from fmsmsx104.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.124.202]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 13 Mar 2017 21:44:31 -0700 Received: from shsmsx104.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.239.4.70) by fmsmsx104.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.124.202) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.248.2; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:44:31 -0700 Received: from shsmsx103.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.4.20]) by SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com ([10.239.4.70]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Tue, 14 Mar 2017 12:44:29 +0800 From: "Wu, Jingjing" To: Thomas Monjalon , "Zhang, Helin" , "Chen, Jing D" CC: "Yigit, Ferruh" , "vincent.jardin@6wind.com" , "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: i40e SR-IOV with Linux PF Thread-Index: AQHSnAY1cfw7QINaMkO6nfm98XTIkaGST/aAgAFyVzA= Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:44:29 +0000 Message-ID: <9BB6961774997848B5B42BEC655768F810CF32CE@SHSMSX103.ccr.corp.intel.com> References: <248236628.l6b5mhHNAu@xps13> <1623193.ZGhhn5RSHY@xps13> In-Reply-To: <1623193.ZGhhn5RSHY@xps13> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.40] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] i40e SR-IOV with Linux PF 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: Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:44:34 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon@6wind.com] > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 7:35 AM > To: Zhang, Helin ; Wu, Jingjing > ; Chen, Jing D > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh ; vincent.jardin@6wind.com; > dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: i40e SR-IOV with Linux PF >=20 > +Cc dev@dpdk.org >=20 > 2017-03-13 15:29, Thomas Monjalon: > > Hi i40e developers, > > > > Referring to the VFD discussion, I thought basic behaviours were the > > same regardless of the PF driver: > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-December/053056.html > > " > > > In the meanwhile, we have some test models ongoing to validate > > > combination of Linux and DPDK drivers for VF and PF. > > > We'll fully support below 4 cases going forward. > > > 1. DPDK PF + DPDK VF > > > 2. DPDK PF + Linux VF > > > 3. Linux PF + DPDK VF > > > 4. Linux PF + Linux VF (it's not our scope) > > [...] > > > Linux PF + DPDK VF has been tested with 1.0 API long time ago. > > > There is some test activities ongoing. > > " > > > > I think the Linux PF case is important and deserves more consideration. > > When looking at the code, specifically i40evf_vlan_offload_set() and > > i40evf_vlan_pvid_set(), I read this: > > " > > /* Linux pf host doesn't support vlan offload yet */ > > if (vf->version_major =3D=3D I40E_DPDK_VERSION_MAJOR) { " > > > > Is there some work in progress on Linux side to get the same behaviour > > as with a DPDK PF? > > As I know, VFD features are marked with an "EXPERIMENTAL" tag. And we are working on the extendable interface (feature based) with PF kernel driver.=20