[dpdk-dev] [dpdk=-dev][PATCH v8 0/9] switching devices representation

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/26/2018 5:24 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 4/26/2018 11:40 AM, Declan Doherty wrote:
>> This patchset follows on from the port rerpesentor patchsets and the
>> community discussion that resulted. It outlines the model for
>> representing and controlling switching capable devices in a new
>> programmer's guide entry based upon the excellent summary by
>> Adrien Mazarguil in
>> (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-March/092513.html).
>>
>> The next patches introduce changes to librte_ether to:
>> 1, support the definition of a switch domain and make it public to
>> application through the rte_eth_dev_info structure.
>> 2, Add generic ethdev create/destroy APIs to facilitate and generalise the
>> creation of ethdev's on different bus types.
>> 3, Add ethdev attribute to dev_flags to specify that a port is a
>> representor port and make public through the rte_eth_dev_info
>> structure.
>> 4, Add devargs parsing for generic eth_devargs to facilate parsing in
>> NET PMDs. This will be refactored to take account of the changes in
>> (http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-March/092513.html)
>> 5, Add new API to allocate switch domain ids to devices which support
>> this feature.
>>
>> This patchset also includes the enablement of vf port representor for ixgbe
>> and i40e PF devices.
>>
>> V8:
>> - add detailed descriptions to switch information structures
>> - fix err condition checking ethdev create helper function
>> - fix devargs memory leak and error checking + add documentation on
>>   ethdev args.
>> - remove rte_eth_switch_domains structure from export items.
>>
>> V7:
>>
>> This patch address the following changes:
>>  - fixes in documentation patch
>>  - changes the default value of switch domain id to be INVALID to allow
>>    applications to easily identify devices which can/cannot support the
>>    concept. Updates the switch information available through the
>>    rte_eth_dev_info structure.
>>  - remove the rte_ethdev_representor.h header and leave representor
>>    specific initialisation to driver
>>  - add new APIs for allocating and freeing switch domain identifier to
>>    enable PMDs to have unique switch domaind ids without the ethdev
>>    infrastructure placing any restriction on how theses are managed by
>>    devices.
>>  - bug fix in ethdev args parsing code.
>>
>> Declan Doherty (8):
>>   doc: add switch representation documentation
>>   ethdev: add switch identifier parameter to port
>>   ethdev: add generic create/destroy ethdev APIs
>>   ethdev: Add port representor device flag
>>   app/testpmd: add port name to device info
>>   ethdev: add switch domain allocator
>>   net/i40e: add support for representor ports
>>   net/ixgbe: add support for representor ports
>>
>> Remy Horton (1):
>>   ethdev: add common devargs parser
> 
> 
> For series,
> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.