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

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Tue Mar 16 12:34:49 CET 2021


On 3/16/2021 11:32 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 3/16/2021 11:30 AM, Andrew Rybchenko wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> 
> Got it, that answers a few of unused functions too.. Please be sure to document.

I mean with coming patches, where appropriate.


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