[dpdk-dev] [EXT] Re: [PATCH v12 0/2] add IOVA=VA mode support

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Nov 6 12:53:26 CET 2019


06/11/2019 12:09, Vamsi Krishna Attunuru:
> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>
> > 05/11/2019 12:04, vattunuru at marvell.com:
> > > Vamsi Attunuru (2):
> > >   kni: add IOVA=VA mode support
> > >   kni: add IOVA=VA support in kernel module
> > 
> > Should the kernel support be the first patch?
> 
> But required variable `iova_mode` is defined in first patch currently. 
> Either one is fine to me. Please let me know  if want to put kernel support patch at first, I will send next version accordingly.
> 
> > 
> > About the titles, can it be simply "support IOVA mode"?
> 
> Yes, "support IOVA_VA mode" should be fine.

I really dislike the name IOVA_VA.

You mean support virtual IO addressing?




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