[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/5] bnx2x: SR-IOV VF driver changes to support OOB PF driver

[Harish Patil]

>
>2015-10-21 15:24, Harish Patil:
>> >
>> >2015-09-11 17:42, Rasesh Mody:
>> >> From: Harish Patil <harish.patil at qlogic.com>
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Harish Patil <harish.patil at qlogic.com>
>> >
>> >Please explain your change a bit more.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> SR-IOV is supported using bnx2x poll mode driver running as VF driver
>>and
>> native linux driver running as PF (in host/hypervisor). There is no
>>issue
>> while running with the PF driver which is at the base version as that of
>> PMD. However, there is a compatibility issue between newer out-of-box PF
>> drivers with older VF driver. So the newer VFs would also need to send
>> BNX2X_VF_TLV_PHYS_PORT_ID (among other TLVs) to differentiate between
>> newer and older VFs.
>
>So the title should be "update VF to support new PF drivers".
>Please put the detailed explanation in the commit message.
>

Agree, shall do.

Thanks,
Harish


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