[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] librte_ether: add API for VF management

[Iremonger, Bernard]

Hi Thomas,

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> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/3] librte_ether: add API for VF
> management
> 
> 2016-09-29 15:16, Bernard Iremonger:
> > Add new API function to configure and manage VF's on a NIC.
> >
> > add rte_eth_dev_set_vf_vlan_stripq function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: azelezniak <alexz at att.com>
> 
> We need the full name of azelezniak.

It is Alex Zelezniak, I will update the commit messages.

> > Signed-off-by: Bernard Iremonger <bernard.iremonger at intel.com>
> [...]
> > +int
> > +rte_eth_dev_set_vf_vlan_stripq(uint8_t port, uint16_t vf, int on);
> 
> Why keeping this function in ethdev?

This function is using an existing API in the eth_dev_ops structure.

dev->dev_ops->vlan_strip_queue_set

The vlan_strip_queue_set API is used by  the i40e, ixgbe and mlx5 PMD's.

> I think it would be more consistent to have also existing VF functions moving
> from ethdev to rte_pmd_ixgbe.h.
> You cannot remove them, but you can create their ixgbe-specific version and
> announce that the ethdev ones are deprecated.

There are 5 existing VF functions which are only used by ixgbe PMD at present.
It would make sense to create ixgbe-specific versions, however I think this should be done in a separate patchset.

Regards,

Bernard