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Commit Message
Shahaf Shuler
Feb. 14, 2018, 12:32 p.m. UTC
This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05
http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html
Cc: declan.doherty@intel.com
Cc: mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com
Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com
Cc: remy.horton@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
---
doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
Comments
14/02/2018 13:32, Shahaf Shuler: > This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05 > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html > > Cc: declan.doherty@intel.com > Cc: mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com > Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com > Cc: remy.horton@intel.com > > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com> Acked-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
On 14/02/2018 12:32 PM, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05 > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html > > Cc: declan.doherty@intel.com > Cc: mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com > Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com > Cc: remy.horton@intel.com > > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index d59ad5988..f6151de63 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -59,3 +59,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of the > structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on > platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms. > + > +* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port representors > + as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the different VFs. > + As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in order to map > + between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new fields > + are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct. > Acked-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty@intel.com>
On 14/02/2018 12:32, Shahaf Shuler wrote: [..] > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) Acked-by: Remy Horton <remy.horton@intel.com>
On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 14:32 +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05 > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html > > Cc: declan.doherty@intel.com > Cc: mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com > Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com > Cc: remy.horton@intel.com > > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com> > --- > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > index d59ad5988..f6151de63 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > @@ -59,3 +59,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of > the > structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on > platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms. > + > +* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port > representors > + as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the > different VFs. > + As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in > order to map > + between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new > fields > + are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct. Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@intl.att.com> Acked-by: Alex Zelezniak <alexz@att.com> Acking on behalf of my colleague Alex as well, who replied privately. -- Kind regards, Luca Boccassi
-----Original Message----- > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:27:50 +0000 > From: "Boccassi, Luca" <luca.boccassi@intl.att.com> > To: "shahafs@mellanox.com" <shahafs@mellanox.com>, "thomas@monjalon.net" > <thomas@monjalon.net>, "nhorman@tuxdriver.com" <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> > CC: "remy.horton@intel.com" <remy.horton@intel.com>, > "mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com" <mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com>, > "declan.doherty@intel.com" <declan.doherty@intel.com>, > "ferruh.yigit@intel.com" <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>, "dev@dpdk.org" > <dev@dpdk.org> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change to support VF > representors > > On Wed, 2018-02-14 at 14:32 +0200, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > > This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05 > > > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html > > > > Cc: declan.doherty@intel.com > > Cc: mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com > > Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com > > Cc: remy.horton@intel.com > > > > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com> > > --- > > doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst | 6 ++++++ > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > index d59ad5988..f6151de63 100644 > > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst > > @@ -59,3 +59,9 @@ Deprecation Notices > > be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of > > the > > structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on > > platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms. > > + > > +* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port > > representors > > + as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the > > different VFs. > > + As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in > > order to map > > + between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new > > fields > > + are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct. > > Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@intl.att.com> > Acked-by: Alex Zelezniak <alexz@att.com> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com> > > Acking on behalf of my colleague Alex as well, who replied privately. > > -- > Kind regards, > Luca Boccassi
> > > This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05 > > > > > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html > > > > > > Cc: declan.doherty@intel.com > > > Cc: mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com > > > Cc: ferruh.yigit@intel.com > > > Cc: remy.horton@intel.com > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com> > > > --- > > > +* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port > > > representors > > > + as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the > > > different VFs. > > > + As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in > > > order to map > > > + between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new > > > fields > > > + are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct. > > > > Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi@intl.att.com> > > Acked-by: Alex Zelezniak <alexz@att.com> > > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob@caviumnetworks.com> Applied
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst index d59ad5988..f6151de63 100644 --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/deprecation.rst @@ -59,3 +59,9 @@ Deprecation Notices be added between the producer and consumer structures. The size of the structure and the offset of the fields will remain the same on platforms with 64B cache line, but will change on other platforms. + +* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port representors + as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the different VFs. + As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in order to map + between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new fields + are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct.