[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] Enable VF RSS for Niantic

[Ouyang, Changchun]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vlad Zolotarov [mailto:vladz at cloudius-systems.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 5, 2015 9:02 PM
> To: Richardson, Bruce; Ouyang, Changchun
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] Enable VF RSS for Niantic
> 
> 
> On 01/05/15 12:38, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 01:46:54AM +0000, Ouyang, Changchun wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Vlad Zolotarov [mailto:vladz at cloudius-systems.com]
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2014 5:59 PM
> >>> To: Ouyang, Changchun; dev at dpdk.org
> >>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/6] Enable VF RSS for Niantic
> >>>
> >   >
> >>> On the contrary - it's a very good idea! We use DPDK on Amazon's
> >>> guests with enhanced networking and we have no access to the PF. We
> >>> still need to know the RSS redirection rules for our VF pool. From
> >>> the 82599 spec, chapter
> >>> 4.6.10.1.1: "redirection table is common to all the pools and only
> >>> indicates the queue inside the pool to use once the pool is chosen".
> >>> In that case we need to get the whole 128 entries of the RETA. Is
> >>> there a reason why we can't have it?
> >>>
> >> Due to hardware limitation, VF could not query its own reta table,
> >> because there is not its own reta, The reta table shared by pf and all vfs.
> >> If you need know it, query them on pf is feasible way to do it.
> >>
> > It's not feasible if you only have access to a guest. :-) IMHO since
> > the guest is seeing the results of the RSS redirection table, it
> > should be able to query the table, if it wants. It should not,
> > however, be able to modify the table, as it is owned by the PF.
> 
> This is exactly what I meant! ;)
> The problem at the moment is that upstream PF driver has no VF-PF
> command for that and I'm in the process of pushing the patch for it.
> Then it's accepted (and pushed into the Amazon's HV ;)) then DPDK's VF
> driver may proceed with what u and me are suggesting.

Besides lack of command between pf and vf, another issue, pf also need know which entries from the whole 128 entries in reta table are assigned 
To a specified vf. 

> 
> Not related question to Intel guys: I can't find a x550 spec in the net.
> Can anybody tell me where it may be found? ;)

AFAIK, not yet

> >
> > Regards,
> > /Bruce
> >