[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/4] Extending DPDK to have more devices supported

[Wiles, Keith]

Any comments on this RFC Patch? Must be perfect right :-)

On 4/8/15, 3:58 PM, "Keith Wiles" <keith.wiles at intel.com> wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Here is a set of RFC patches to update DPDK to support a generic set of
>devices. The patches that follow create two files eal_common_device.h
>and rte_common_device.c and then a few items in rte_ethdev.[ch] were moved
>to cleanup those files by moving the device generic values and functions
>into a common set of device generic files.
>
>In the rte_common_device.h file are a couple of macros to abstract a few
>common items from rte_ethdev.h which are not ethernet specific. These
>generic device specific structure members are place into macros to be
>placed at the top of each new device type crypto, hardware offload, dpi,
>compression and possible others to be defined later.
> Note: could have used nested structures, but required a larger change
>set.
>
>I did not pull the Rx/Tx Routines into a common function, but it could be
>done if everyone agrees. It does not mean every device will use a common
>Rx/Tx routine. Without pulling Rx/Tx routines into a common file allows
>the device writer to have similar or different set of routines.
>
>These patches do not contain any new devices as these are being work on
>today.
>
>More cleanup of ethdev could be done to remove NIC specific features not
>supported in all devices and someone needs to do that cleanup IMO.
>
>The code is untested and I wanted to get something our for others to poke
>at
>today and more could be pulled out of ethdev as well. I/We will be looking
>at testing the code as we get more completed.
>
>I have not finished up the crypto APIs yet, but I am planning to work on
>those additions today. The crypto code we are using is the Quick Assist
>code
>found on 01.org, but we need to update the code to be move DPDK friendly.
>
>The QAT code does have a modified like API similar to Linux Kernel crypto
>API
>and I want to review that code first.
>
>Regards,
>++Keith
>
>Keith Wiles (4):
>  Rename of device types to be generic device names.
>  Add the new common device header and C file.
>  Update files to build new device generic common files and headers.
>  Update the rte_ethdev.[ch] files for the new device generic changes.
>
> app/test/test_link_bonding.c                      |  10 +-
> app/test/virtual_pmd.c                            |   4 +-
> examples/link_status_interrupt/main.c             |   6 +-
> lib/librte_eal/bsdapp/eal/Makefile                |   1 +
> lib/librte_eal/common/Makefile                    |   1 +
> lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_device.c         | 185 +++++++
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common_device.h | 617
>++++++++++++++++++++++
> lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_log.h           |   1 +
> lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal/Makefile              |   1 +
> lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c                     | 290 ++--------
> lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h                     | 225 +++-----
> lib/librte_pmd_af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c      |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_bond/rte_eth_bond_api.c            |   6 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_bond/rte_eth_bond_pmd.c            |  12 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_bond/rte_eth_bond_private.h        |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_e1000/em_ethdev.c                  |   8 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_e1000/em_rxtx.c                    |   4 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_e1000/igb_ethdev.c                 |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_i40e/i40e_ethdev.c                 |   4 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c               |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_mlx4/mlx4.c                        |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_null/rte_eth_null.c                |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_pcap/rte_eth_pcap.c                |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_ring/rte_eth_ring.c                |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_virtio/virtio_ethdev.c             |   2 +-
> lib/librte_pmd_xenvirt/rte_eth_xenvirt.c          |   2 +-
> 26 files changed, 969 insertions(+), 426 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/common/eal_common_device.c
> create mode 100644 lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_common_device.h
>
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