[PATCH v6 0/8] net/nfb: rework to real multiport

spinler at cesnet.cz spinler at cesnet.cz
Mon Feb 2 16:34:41 CET 2026


From: Martin Spinler <spinler at cesnet.cz>

This series implements real multiport for better user experience.

The existing driver creates one ethdev/port for one PCI device.
As the CESNET-NDK based cards aren't capable to represent each
Ethernet port by own PCI device, new driver implementation
processes real port configuration from firmware/card and switches
from rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_probe to multiple rte_eth_dev_create calls.

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Depends-on: patch-37240 ("doc/nfb: update release notes for nfb driver")

v6:
* Rebased on patch-37240
* Timestamp changes removed from release log changes for this series.
* Fixed missing include for isdigit()


Martin Spinler (8):
  net/nfb: prepare for indirect queue mapping scheme
  net/nfb: create one ethdev per ethernet port
  net/nfb: add vdev as alternative device probe method
  net/nfb: add device argument "port" to limit used ports
  net/nfb: init only MACs associated with device
  net/nfb: add compatible cards to driver PCI ID table
  net/nfb: report firmware version
  doc/nfb: cleanup and update guide

 doc/guides/nics/features/nfb.ini       |   4 +
 doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst                | 187 +++++------
 doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst |   6 +
 drivers/net/nfb/meson.build            |   1 +
 drivers/net/nfb/nfb.h                  |  56 +++-
 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_ethdev.c           | 445 +++++++++++++++++++------
 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rx.c               |  30 +-
 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rx.h               |   9 +-
 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_tx.c               |  27 +-
 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_tx.h               |   7 +-
 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c             | 107 ++++++
 11 files changed, 622 insertions(+), 257 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c

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