Re: [dpdk-dev] getting pointer for struct ixgbe_hw

["Serguei Bezverkhi (sbezverk)" <sbezverk@cisco.com>]

Hi Harry,

Thank you for your reply. The reason I was looking for specifically  ixgbe_hw because I needed access to ixgbe PF/VF mailbox facility. I am not sure if it is exposed via rte_eth api. Please advise.

Best regards

Serguei


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-----Original Message-----
From: Van Haaren, Harry [mailto:harry.van.haaren@intel.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 10:06 AM
To: Serguei Bezverkhi (sbezverk) <sbezverk@cisco.com>; dev@dpdk.org
Subject: RE: getting pointer for struct ixgbe_hw

Hi Serguei,

> From: Serguei Bezverkhi
> I would appreciate if somebody could share an example of getting 
> access to ixgbe_hw structure for already initialized ixgbe nic. I 
> tried to find any references but could not find any API returning pointer for this structure.

The ixgbe_hw struct is part of the implementation, and should not be used by code outside the drivers/net/ixgbe director. The rte_eth_* api[1] is available to access any NIC using a unified API.

Hope that helps, -Harry

[1] http://www.dpdk.org/doc/api/rte__ethdev_8h.html