[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] windows/netuio: add Intel Virtual Function device IDs

[Menon, Ranjit]

Hi, Dmitry

On 9/15/2021 12:07 PM, Dmitry Kozlyuk wrote:
> 2021-09-14 17:51 (UTC-0700), Pallavi Kadam:
>> Add Intel Ethernet Virtual Function device IDs to netuio inf file
>> to support Intel 40GbE and 100GbE deives on Windows VM.
> Nit: why only VM? Can't VF be used from the host?

I'm not an expert here, but I believe there is a limitation in Hyper-V 
(the Windows host hypervisor) where VFs cannot be assigned to the host - 
VFs can only be assigned to the guest VMs. (I believe there is no such 
limitation with Linux-based hypervisors). Hopefully, someone from 
Microsoft can confirm this.

Ref: 
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/network/sr-iov-architecture


ranjit m.

>> Signed-off-by: Pallavi Kadam <pallavi.kadam at intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Ranjit Menon <ranjit.menon at intel.com>
> Acked-by: Dmitry Kozlyuk <dmitry.kozliuk at gmail.com>