[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/8] common/sfc_efx: prepare to introduce vDPA driver

Andrew Rybchenko andrew.rybchenko at oktetlabs.ru
Tue Mar 16 12:30:08 CET 2021


On 3/16/21 2:26 PM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/16/2021 8:58 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
>> Update base driver to provide functionality required by vDPA driver.
>>
>> Factor out helper functions to be shared by net and vDPA drivers.
>>
>> v4:
>>   - fix Copyright year
>>
>> v3:
>>   - one more attempt to fix windows build breakage
>>
>> v2:
>>   - fix windows build breakage - do not build common/sfc_efx in the case
>>     of windows
>>   - remove undefined efx_virtio_* functions from version.map (since
>>     EFSYS_OPT_VIRTIO is disabled)
>>
>> Vijay Kumar Srivastava (6):
>>    common/sfc_efx/base: add virtio build dependency
>>    common/sfc_efx/base: add support to get virtio features
>>    common/sfc_efx/base: add support to verify virtio features
>>    common/sfc_efx: add support to get the device class
>>    net/sfc: skip driver probe for incompatible device class
>>    drivers: add common driver API to get efx family
>>
>> Vijay Srivastava (2):
>>    common/sfc_efx/base: add base virtio support for vDPA
>>    common/sfc_efx/base: add API to get VirtQ doorbell offset
>>
>
> The driver adds vDPA support, I believe it worth mentioning in the
> driver documentation and in the release notes, can you please send a
> new version with documentation updates?

No, no. It is just preparations to introduce the vDPA driver.
vDPA drier will be added in a subsequent patches and I'll
ensure that it is mentioned in release notes etc.



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