[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 00/18] net/nfp: add PF support

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 9/1/2017 3:12 PM, Alejandro Lucero wrote:
> NFP PMD has just had support for SRIOV VFs until now. This patch set adds
> support for the PF, but just for being used as another DPDK port. No VF
> management is added by now.
> 
> NFP is a programmable device and it supports virtual NICs (vNICs) through
> firmware implementation. Different firmware applications implement vNICs
> for PF devices and VF devices, being number of vNICs dependent on the
> firmware and the NFP card available. PF vNIC (virtual) BARs are a subset
> of PF PCI device BARs while VF vNIC BARs are same than VF PCI BARs.
> 
> Working with VF vNICs requires a PF driver uploading the firmware, doing
> some NFP configuration and creating/destroying VFs. This can be only done
> with the kernel NFP PF netdev driver by now.
> 
> Working with PF vNIC requires the PMD doing the NFP configuration and for
> accessing the NFP a specific user space interface is created. NFP Service
> Processor Userspace (NSPU) interface allows to create specific PCI BAR
> windows for accessing different parts of the NFP device, including the
> Network Service Processor (NSP) itself. The NSPU interface is implemented
> as the base for working with the PF.
> 
> v2:
>  - fix commits headers
>  - update nic guide
>  - add info to release notes
>  - creating different features files for PF and VF
>  - fix typo inside nfp_nspu.c
> 
> Alejandro Lucero (18):
>   net/nfp: add NSP user space interface
>   net/nfp: add specific PF probe function
>   net/nfp: add support for new PCI id
>   net/nfp: add NSP support for commands
>   net/nfp: add NSP FW upload command
>   net/nfp: add NSP symbol resolution command
>   net/nfp: add FW upload logic
>   net/nfp: add support for vnic config bar mapping
>   net/nfp: add support for vNIC Rx/Tx bar mappings
>   net/nfp: support PF devices inside PMD initialization
>   net/nfp: allocate ethernet device from PF probe function
>   net/nfp: support PF multiport
>   net/nfp: add NSP support for HW link configuration
>   net/nfp: add support for HW port link configuration
>   net/nfp: read PF port MAC addr using NSP
>   doc: update NFP with PF support information
>   doc: update release notes with NFP PF support
>   doc: create different features files for NFP drivers

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

(Except patch 16/18, instead of it applied patch dpdk.org/patch/28425/)