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

[Ajit Khaparde]

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 10:15 AM Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> I think "Sub Function" and "Virtual Function" are easy to understand
> for everybody.
> I suggest picking these two for comments above.
+1

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