[PATCH v5 3/4] net/intel: add config queue support to vCPF

[Singh, Aman Deep]

On 30-09-2025 23:57, Shetty, Praveen wrote:
> From: Praveen Shetty<praveen.shetty at intel.com>
>
> A "configuration queue" is a software term to denote
> a hardware mailbox queue dedicated to FXP (Flexible packet processor)
> programming.While the hardware does not have a construct of a
> "configuration queue", software does to state clearly
> the distinction between a queue software dedicates to
> regular mailbox processing (e.g. CPChnl or Virtchnl)
> and a queue software dedicates for programming the FXP
> Pipeline.From the hardware’s viewpoint, both mailbox and
> configuration queues are treated as "control" queues,
> with the main distinction being the "opcode" in their
> descriptors.This patch will requests queues from the
> firmware using an add_queue Virtchnl message and sets
> them up as config queues.The vCPF driver then uses these
> config queues to program the FXP pipeline via rte_flow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Praveen Shetty<praveen.shetty at intel.com>
> Tested-by: Dhananjay Shukla<dhananjay.shukla at intel.com>
> Tested-by: Atul Patel<atul.patel at intel.com>

Acked-by: Aman Singh<aman.deep.singh at intel.com>

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