[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] ixgbe: VF supports mailbox interruption for PF link up/down

Lu, Wenzhuo wenzhuo.lu at intel.com
Wed Jun 15 02:57:25 CEST 2016


Hi Bruce,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Bruce
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 12:54 AM
> To: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Wu, Jingjing
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] ixgbe: VF supports mailbox
> interruption for PF link up/down
> 
> On Wed, Jun 01, 2016 at 09:53:08AM +0800, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> > In this scenario, kernel PF + DPDK VF, when PF finds the link state
> > changes, up -> down or down -> up, it will send a message to VF by
> > mailbox. This link state change may be triggered by PHY
> > disconnection/reconnection, configuration like *ifconfig down/up* or
> > interface parameter, like MTU, change.
> > This patch enables the support of the mailbox interruption, so VF can
> > receive the message of link up/down.
> > After VF receives this message, VF port need to be reset to recover.
> > So the handler of this message registers a reset callback to let APP
> > reset the VF port.
> >
> Hi Wenzhuo,
> 
> I'm a little unclear as to the last paragraph of this message. Does the app
> configure the callback to handle the reset, or does the driver set up a
> callback automatically and handle the event itself? [In other words,
> who/what is the "handler" in the final sentence, the driver or the app?]
Sorry, I may not make it clear. The handler is the APP.  In the code, _rte_eth_dev_callback_process is used for the message. It's the APP's responsibility to realize the callback function and decide what to do with the message.

> 
> Thanks,
> /Bruce



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