[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] i40e: flow director resource reserve and initialize on i40e

Wu, Jingjing jingjing.wu at intel.com
Thu Aug 28 04:56:09 CEST 2014


Hi, Thomas

The "flow director resource" means we need to reserve a specific queue and VSI on HW to support. The queue and vsi is used for programming flow director filter, not common tx/rx queues.

2 separated items, one is about setup, another is for release. I will try to separate them.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 10:18 PM
> To: Wu, Jingjing
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] i40e: flow director resource reserve and initialize on
> i40e
> 
> Hi Jingjing,
> 
> I don't understand the title. What is a "flow director resource"?
> 
> 2014-08-27 10:13, Jingjing Wu:
> > flow director resource reserve and initialize on i40e, it includes
> >  - queue initialization and switch on and vsi creation during setup
> >  - queue vsi for flow director release during close
> 
> If you have 2 separated items, it probably means it should be 2 patches.
> 
> --
> Thomas


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