[dpdk-dev] 82599 SR-IOV with passthrough

jigsaw jigsaw at gmail.com
Thu Oct 17 15:52:11 CEST 2013


>>Is it possible to get the number of configured queues via mailbox ?

Yes, this is exactly why I need to patch ixgbe PF. Otherwise it always
returns 1, even the number is configured as 4.
I will make some more experiments before sending the patch for review
in one or two days.

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 4:47 PM, Thomas Monjalon
<thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote:
> 17/10/2013 14:43, jigsaw :
>> I patched both Intel ixgbe PF driver and DPDK 1.5 VF driver, so that
>> DPDK gets 4 queues in one VF. It works fine with all 4 Tx queues. The
>> only trick is to set proper mac address for all outgoing packets,
>> which must be the same mac as you set to the VF. This trick is
>> described in the release note of DPDK.
>>
>> I wonder whether it makes sense to push this patch to DPDK. Any comments?
>
> Yes I think it makes sense.
> Is it possible to get the number of configured queues via mailbox ?
>
> --
> Thomas


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