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 2CADEA0A03; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:18:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from [217.70.189.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9974A140DC9; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:18:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-qt1-f181.google.com (mail-qt1-f181.google.com [209.85.160.181]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FFF1140DBE for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 19:18:12 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-qt1-f181.google.com with SMTP id z6so4840721qtn.0 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:18:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=broadcom.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=EuGsxcEflwJcSt4SrrEqXzDeyGClb6QcvnWD1sWSCNQ=; b=U0PRnBQscQCsYHJqkM8P4I93lSWaoMZ50IxXyWgy5R0dw7WFqpoRRyb2GAnxjIiDkH fP4WlkR6l5vP+PAx8MMpXRTZ0ih1ypaC9hhKmbJ5mtIae/UM2AiyV+wIT42037wba5jM oXLv1wEnAXnYKtctIap802FW8AFKG5lPDudg8= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=EuGsxcEflwJcSt4SrrEqXzDeyGClb6QcvnWD1sWSCNQ=; b=SH4hgqlltAdnG694rlUVqNjc4v24HG5BNeSUyzD1kOX1Wb9tIcDnHjv4hzDOZb4MFs NNOoJIf0yDKIrZw1DqylpAh02doMMq8jV/hOZ5ENV4oDfvTGZ0AH97uG2TIOefB87CWP Gc1/Xk906yroEyyrcyu3wQEvjCECS22A4/ZvIyf5yAcmYx33X+A6F2dA10nMwzGH7U8u zVfJ6Yc7vakQ0xZBAToJNZd+XMfj8hKomSjYvi4z+J3X6Hb7SkX0uOSRihBZ6b9uB7MN vw9K9LM9G3h7UNEb8c9B/gNLwJLURkSnU8/gSXjUxZGeIuvJVA7y+zwP3+7qqbuX6SQq y8Lw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533D8Yk2OjmCSQRiQSETnHA8BN4iGguvek7ypjM2+VJiElYJs7qc 3ZVmZUK0vCshOv79JsRQzesqxXAC1Ri+0zaQXroeZg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxQWjamIb2YzE6NMiZ5XpveNPckvq8IK6brHuL7ZkKhy7mahl9BH8ah1AUujC3CNVSwb/dCYOk9m7q4Oo4ljus= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:4313:: with SMTP id z19mr797613qtm.225.1610993891488; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:18:11 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <1608303356-13089-2-git-send-email-xuemingl@nvidia.com> <6467622.ieihe5XLyd@thomas> <4783704.kY4qWPY9W3@thomas> In-Reply-To: <4783704.kY4qWPY9W3@thomas> From: Ajit Khaparde Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:17:55 -0800 Message-ID: To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Xueming Li , Ferruh Yigit , Andrew Rybchenko , Olivier Matz , dpdk-dev , Viacheslav Ovsiienko , Asaf Penso Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pkcs7-signature"; micalg=sha-256; boundary="000000000000a8652c05b930bed0" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 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" --000000000000a8652c05b930bed0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 10:15 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 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. +1 > --000000000000a8652c05b930bed0--