[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] net/netvsc: add hyper-v netvsc network device

[Thomas Monjalon]

Hi Stephen,

Good to see there is a good progress.

This patch should add an entry in the release notes.
But I guess it is not ready for 18.05?


05/04/2018 21:13, Stephen Hemminger:
> +#
> +# Compile native PMD for Hyper-V/Azure
> +#
> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NETVSC_PMD=n
> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NETVSC_DEBUG_RX=n
> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NETVSC_DEBUG_TX=n
> +CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NETVSC_DEBUG_DUMP=n

Please switch to the new dynamic logging.


[...]
> +the Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK), we provide a Netwwork Virtual

typo: Netwwork


> +The following prerequisites apply:
> +
> +*   Linux kernel uio_hv_generic driver that supports subchannels. This should be present in 4.17 or later.

The DPDK policy is to wait for prerequisite be available for merging.


> --- a/drivers/net/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_THUNDERX_NICVF_PMD) += thunderx
>  DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VDEV_NETVSC_PMD) += vdev_netvsc
>  DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VIRTIO_PMD) += virtio
>  DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_VMXNET3_PMD) += vmxnet3
> +DIRS-$(CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_NETVSC_PMD) += netvsc

Please keep the alphabetical order.