[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/25] Support VFD on i40e

[Zhang, Helin]

Acked-by: Helin Zhang <helin.zhang at intel.com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wenzhuo Lu
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 3:16 PM
> To: dev at dpdk.org
> Cc: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/25] Support VFD on i40e
> 
> 1, VF Daemon (VFD)
> VFD is an idea to control all the VFs from PF.
> As we need to support the scenario kernel PF + DPDK VF, DPDK follows the
> interface between kernel PF + kernel VF.
> We don't want to introduce too many new messages between PF and VF.
> So this patch set adds some new APIs to control VFs directly from PF.
> The new APIs include,
> 1) set VF MAC anti-spoofing
> 2) set VF VLAN anti-spoofing
> 3) set TX loopback
> 4) set VF unicast promiscuous mode
> 5) set VF multicast promiscuous mode
> 6) set VF MTU
> 7) get/reset VF stats
> 8) set VF MAC address
> 9) set VF VLAN stripping
> 10) VF VLAN insertion
> 12) set VF broadcast mode
> 12) set VF VLAN tag
> 13) set VF VLAN filter
> VFD also includes VF to PF mailbox message management by APP.
> When PF receives mailbox messages from VF, PF should call the callback
> provided by APP to know if they're permitted to be processed.
>