[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: add bifurcated driver guide on ixgbe nic
Thomas Monjalon
thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com
Thu Jun 23 14:58:53 CEST 2016
Hi,
Thank you for providing more doc.
I am just not convinced it is the right place
and it must be discussed.
Some questions below to help deciding where it must be.
2016-06-23 11:02, Jingjing Wu:
> Bifurcated driver is a mechanism which depends the advanced
> Ethernet device to split traffic between queues. It provides
> the capability to let the kernel driver and DPDK driver co-exist
> and take their advantage.
The name "bifurcated driver" was used for a real driver proposal
in Linux. I don't think it applies here.
> It is achieved by using SRIOV and NIC's advanced filtering. This
> patch describes it and adds the user guide on ixgbe NICs.
It is not a DPDK feature, just a use case.
What do we learn about DPDK?
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