[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type

[Thomas Monjalon]

18/01/2021 19:00, Ajit Khaparde:
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 9:57 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> > 18/01/2021 18:42, Ajit Khaparde:
> > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:17 AM Xueming Li <xuemingl at nvidia.com> wrote:
> > > > +enum rte_eth_representor_type {
> > > > +       RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_NONE, /**< not a representor. */
> > > > +       RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_VF,   /**< representor of VF. */
> > > > +       RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_SF,   /**< representor of SF. */
> > > Till we get used to the terminology...
> > > Can we also have SF = "Sub Function" mentioned in the docs or comments?
> >
> > Are we sure about the definition?
> > I remember seeing SF = Scalable Function somewhere else (maybe from Intel)
> That complicates it. But if they mean the same thing, let's pick one.

I think "Sub Function" and "Virtual Function" are easy to understand
for everybody.
I suggest picking these two for comments above.