[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] eal/linux: allow to map BARs with MSI-X tables, around them

Dan Aloni dan at kernelim.com
Thu Jan 29 11:25:36 CET 2015


On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 10:22:58AM +0000, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> > 
> > While VFIO doesn't allow us to map complete BARs with MSI-X tables,
> > it does allow us to map around them in PAGE_SIZE granularity. There
> > might be adapters that provide their registers in the same BAR
> > but on a different page. For example, Intel's NVME adapter, though
> > not a network adapter, provides only one MMIO BAR that contains
> > the MSI-X table.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <dan at kernelim.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Anatoly Burakov <anatoly.burakov at intel.com>
> 
> Why is it signed-off by me? :-)

The change you have requested got in, it makes you an author too :)

-- 
Dan Aloni


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