From: Vincent JARDIN <vincent.jardin@6wind.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] Enhance mlx5 with Mellanox OFED 3.1
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:58:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG8AbRUED6NV2hEMR=ibpRM792PaTjKTVy=G+=C+zBZtBy5Jjw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151006095416.55a16e0c@uryu.home.lan>
Le 6 oct. 2015 09:54, "Stephen Hemminger" <stephen@networkplumber.org> a
écrit :
>
> On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 19:54:35 +0200
> Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com> wrote:
>
> > Mellanox OFED 3.1 [1] comes with improved APIs that Mellanox ConnectX-4
> > (mlx5) adapters can take advantage of, such as:
> >
> > - Separate post and doorbell operations on all queues.
> > - Lightweight RX queues called Work Queues (WQs).
> > - Low-level RSS indirection table and hash key configuration.
> >
> > This patchset enhances mlx5 with all of these for better performance and
> > flexibility. Documentation is updated accordingly.
>
> Has anybody explored doing a driver without the dependency on OFED?
> It is certainly possible. The Linux kernel drivers don't depend on it.
> And dropping OFED would certainly be faster.
OFED is an established kernel API. I agree that F from infiniband should be
deprecated since it has broader scope of use.
It avoid wasting effort by duplicating kernel's code.
It provides security too that UIO could not provide.
Best regards,
Vincent
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-10-06 9:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-10-05 17:54 Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/17] mlx5: use fast Verbs interface for scattered RX operation Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 02/17] mlx5: get rid of the WR structure in RX queue elements Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 03/17] mlx5: refactor RX code for the new Verbs RSS API Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 04/17] mlx5: restore allmulti and promisc modes after device restart Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 05/17] mlx5: use separate indirection table for default hash RX queue Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 06/17] mlx5: adapt indirection table size depending on RX queues number Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 07/17] mlx5: define specific flow steering rules for each hash RX QP Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 08/17] mlx5: use alternate method to configure promiscuous mode Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 09/17] mlx5: add RSS hash update/get Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 10/17] mlx5: use one RSS hash key per flow type Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 11/17] app/testpmd: add missing type to RSS hash commands Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 12/17] app/testpmd: fix missing initialization in the RSS hash show command Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 13/17] mlx5: remove normal MAC flows when enabling promiscuous mode Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 14/17] mlx5: use experimental flows in hash RX queues Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 15/17] mlx5: enable multi packet send WR in TX CQ Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 16/17] mlx5: fix compilation error with GCC < 4.6 Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-05 17:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 17/17] doc: update mlx5 documentation Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-06 8:54 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] Enhance mlx5 with Mellanox OFED 3.1 Stephen Hemminger
2015-10-06 9:58 ` Vincent JARDIN [this message]
2015-10-07 13:30 ` Joongi Kim
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/16] " Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 01/16] mlx5: use fast Verbs interface for scattered RX operation Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 02/16] mlx5: get rid of the WR structure in RX queue elements Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 03/16] mlx5: refactor RX code for the new Verbs RSS API Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 04/16] mlx5: use separate indirection table for default hash RX queue Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 05/16] mlx5: adapt indirection table size depending on RX queues number Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 06/16] mlx5: define specific flow steering rules for each hash RX QP Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 07/16] mlx5: use alternate method to configure promisc and allmulti modes Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 08/16] mlx5: add RSS hash update/get Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 09/16] mlx5: use one RSS hash key per flow type Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 10/16] app/testpmd: add missing type to RSS hash commands Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 11/16] app/testpmd: fix missing initialization in the RSS hash show command Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 12/16] mlx5: disable useless flows in promiscuous mode Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 13/16] mlx5: add IPv6 RSS support using experimental flows Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 14/16] mlx5: enable multi packet send WR in TX CQ Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 15/16] mlx5: fix compilation error with GCC < 4.6 Adrien Mazarguil
2015-10-30 18:55 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 16/16] doc: update mlx5 documentation Adrien Mazarguil
2015-11-01 10:26 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/16] Enhance mlx5 with Mellanox OFED 3.1 Thomas Monjalon
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