[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc: announce ABI change to support VF representors

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Feb 14 17:50:39 CET 2018


> > > This is following the RFC being discussed and targets 18.05
> > > 
> > > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-January/085716.html
> > > 
> > > Cc: declan.doherty at intel.com
> > > Cc: mohammad.abdul.awal at intel.com
> > > Cc: ferruh.yigit at intel.com
> > > Cc: remy.horton at intel.com
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs at mellanox.com>
> > > ---
> > > +* ethdev: A work is being planned for 18.05 to expose VF port
> > > representors
> > > +  as a mean to perform control and data path operation on the
> > > different VFs.
> > > +  As VF representor is an ethdev port, new fields are needed in
> > > order to map
> > > +  between the VF representor and the VF or the parent PF. Those new
> > > fields
> > > +  are to be included in ``rte_eth_dev_info`` struct.
> > 
> > Acked-by: Luca Boccassi <luca.boccassi at intl.att.com>
> > Acked-by: Alex Zelezniak <alexz at att.com>
> 
> Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <jerin.jacob at caviumnetworks.com>

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