[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

[Thomas Monjalon]

In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure
some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons.

When the PF (host port) is driven by DPDK (OVS-DPDK case),
we face two different cases:
    - driver is bifurcated (Mellanox case),
      so the VF can be configured via the kernel.
    - driver is on top of UIO or VFIO, so DPDK API is required,
      and PMD-specific APIs were used.
This new generic API will avoid vendors fragmentation.

Some PMD-specific API could migrate to this generic model.
As an example, the default MAC address configuration is demonstrated
for a VF mapped to mlx5 representor port.

As it breaks the ABI, I propose to merge this API in DPDK 19.11-rc2.

I am sorry I had not send a patch since proposing a RFC in August.
(I gave priority to the summit and the -rc1 release)


Thomas Monjalon (3):
  ethdev: identify SR-IOV VF from host
  ethdev: set VF MAC address from host
  net/mlx5: set VF MAC address from host

 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c                  |  6 +++
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h                  |  1 +
 drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c              | 19 ++++++++
 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.c           | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++---
 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev.h           | 38 ++++++++++++++++
 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_core.h      |  1 +
 lib/librte_ethdev/rte_ethdev_version.map |  1 +
 7 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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