[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v10 0/5] rawdev driver for ntb

[Ye Xiaolong]

On 07/02, Xiaoyun Li wrote:
>This patch set adds support for Intel NTB device with Skylake platform.
>It is a raw device for allowing two hosts to communicate with each other
>and access the peer memory.
>
>This patch set also provides a simple example to transmit a file between
>two hosts. But since there is no FIFO here, only support file which is
>no more than 4M. And will add FIFO in the future.
>
>series Acked-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com>
>
>v10:
>* Updated and refined the release notes in the same patch as the code.
>
>v9:
>* Fixed a typo.
>* Added default case for PPD parse.
>
>v8:
>* Fixed a coding style issue.
>* Rebased codes to the newest master branch.
>
>v7:
>* Fixed a typo.
>* Generic spad registers to be spad_user and the specific spad is
>* defined by the specific hw.
>* Refined the codes by replacing with lib functions such as rte_read32.
>* Rebased the codes to the newest dpdk-next-net-intel branch.
>
>v6:
>* Fixed a typo.
>
>v5:
>* Actual v4. v4 patchset is the same as v3.
>
>v4:
>* Fix compile issues of comparison of array with null pointer.
>
>v3:
>* Fixed compilation issues with target i686.
>* Renamed communication devices to misc devices in usertool.
>* Rebased to the newest dpdk-next-net-intel branch.
>
>v2:
>* Replaced ! with NULL check for pointers.
>* Added ntb_ops valid check before use it.
>* Replaced RTE_MEMZONE_1GB with RTE_MEMZONE_IOVA_CONTIG in case users do
>  not use 1G hugepage.
>* Added a timeout for dev_stop handshake in case that the peer stopped
>  abnormally such as crashed while debugging.
>* Updated docs especailly about how to setup BIOS for skylake.
>* Fixed not return issue and not free issue in example.
>* Renamed ntb_devices to communication_devices to be more generic in
>  usertools.
>* Polish the codes and docs.
>
>Xiaoyun Li (5):
>  raw/ntb: introduce ntb rawdev driver
>  usertools/dpdk-devbind.py: add support for ntb
>  raw/ntb: add intel ntb support
>  raw/ntb: add handshake process
>  examples/ntb: enable an example for ntb
>
> MAINTAINERS                                   |   9 +
> config/common_base                            |   5 +
> doc/guides/rawdevs/index.rst                  |   1 +
> doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst             |  52 ++
> doc/guides/rel_notes/release_19_08.rst        |   5 +
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/index.rst            |   1 +
> doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst              |  47 +
> drivers/raw/Makefile                          |   1 +
> drivers/raw/meson.build                       |   2 +-
> drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/Makefile               |  28 +
> drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/meson.build            |   8 +
> drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_hw_intel.c         | 369 ++++++++
> drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_hw_intel.h         |  86 ++
> drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_rawdev.c           | 839 ++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_rawdev.h           | 164 ++++
> .../ntb_rawdev/rte_pmd_ntb_rawdev_version.map |   4 +
> examples/Makefile                             |   1 +
> examples/meson.build                          |   2 +-
> examples/ntb/Makefile                         |  68 ++
> examples/ntb/meson.build                      |  16 +
> examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c                        | 377 ++++++++
> mk/rte.app.mk                                 |   1 +
> usertools/dpdk-devbind.py                     |   9 +
> 23 files changed, 2093 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 doc/guides/rawdevs/ntb_rawdev.rst
> create mode 100644 doc/guides/sample_app_ug/ntb.rst
> create mode 100644 drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/meson.build
> create mode 100644 drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_hw_intel.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_hw_intel.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_rawdev.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/ntb_rawdev.h
> create mode 100644 drivers/raw/ntb_rawdev/rte_pmd_ntb_rawdev_version.map
> create mode 100644 examples/ntb/Makefile
> create mode 100644 examples/ntb/meson.build
> create mode 100644 examples/ntb/ntb_fwd.c
>

For the series, Reviewed-by: Xiaolong Ye <xiaolong.ye at intel.com>

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