[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/6] Enable VF RSS for Niantic

[Bruce Richardson]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 10:56:59AM +0800, Ouyang Changchun wrote:
> This patch enables VF RSS for Niantic, which allow each VF having at most 4 queues.
> The actual queue number per VF depends on the number of VF:
> VF number from 1~32: 4 queues per VF;
> VF number from 33~max vf num: 2 queues per VF;
>  
> On host, to enable VF RSS functionality, mq mode should be set as ETH_MQ_RX_VMDQ_RSS
> or ETH_MQ_RX_RSS mode, and SRIOV mode should be activated.
> It also needs config VF RSS information like hash function, RSS key, RSS key length.
> 

Hi Changchun,

are there limitations to this support, as I understood that that RSS support for
VFs was not fully available in Niantic-based hardware?

/Bruce


> Changchun Ouyang (6):
>   ixgbe: Code cleanup
>   ixgbe: Negotiate VF API version
>   ixgbe: Get VF queue number
>   ether: Check VMDq RSS mode
>   ixgbe: Config VF RSS
>   testpmd: Set Rx VMDq RSS mode
> 
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.c              |  9 ++++
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c       | 21 ++++++--
>  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.h |  1 +
>  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c     | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_rxtx.c   | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  5 files changed, 171 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
> 
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