[PATCH 3/8] net/nfb: add vdev as alternative device probe method
spinler at cesnet.cz
spinler at cesnet.cz
Thu Jan 15 16:16:51 CET 2026
From: Martin Spinler <spinler at cesnet.cz>
VDEV are useful for NFB devices not represented by PCI device,
e.g. virtual or simulated devices.
Signed-off-by: Martin Spinler <spinler at cesnet.cz>
---
drivers/net/nfb/meson.build | 1 +
drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 97 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfb/meson.build b/drivers/net/nfb/meson.build
index d7a255c928..9e458dfb4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/nfb/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/nfb/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ ext_deps += dep
sources = files(
'nfb_ethdev.c',
+ 'nfb_vdev.c',
'nfb_rx.c',
'nfb_rxmode.c',
'nfb_stats.c',
diff --git a/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cbb34f00a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Cesnet
+ */
+
+#include <rte_kvargs.h>
+#include <ethdev_vdev.h>
+
+#include "nfb.h"
+
+#define VDEV_NFB_DRIVER net_vdev_nfb
+#define VDEV_NFB_ARG_DEV "dev"
+
+
+static int
+vdev_nfb_vdev_probe(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
+{
+ int i;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ struct nfb_init_params params;
+
+ const char *vdev_name = rte_vdev_device_name(dev);
+ const char *vdev_args = rte_vdev_device_args(dev);
+ char *dev_params, *dev_params_mod;
+ struct rte_kvargs *kvargs;
+
+ kvargs = rte_kvargs_parse(vdev_args, NULL);
+ if (kvargs == NULL) {
+ NFB_LOG(ERR, "Failed to parse device arguments %s", vdev_args);
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_parse_args;
+ }
+
+ dev_params = strdup(vdev_args);
+ if (dev_params == NULL) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_strdup_params;
+ }
+
+ params.args = dev_params;
+ params.path = nfb_default_dev_path();
+ params.nfb_id = 0;
+
+ dev_params_mod = dev_params;
+
+ dev_params_mod[0] = 0;
+
+ /* Parse parameters for virtual device */
+ for (i = 0; i != (signed) kvargs->count; ++i) {
+ const struct rte_kvargs_pair *pair = &kvargs->pairs[i];
+
+ if (!strcmp(pair->key, VDEV_NFB_ARG_DEV)) {
+ params.path = pair->value;
+ } else {
+ dev_params_mod += sprintf(dev_params_mod, "%s%s=%s",
+ dev_params_mod == dev_params ? "" : ",",
+ pair->key, pair->value);
+ }
+ }
+
+ strcpy(params.name, vdev_name);
+
+ ret = nfb_eth_common_probe(&dev->device, NULL, NULL, ¶ms, -1);
+ if (ret)
+ goto err_nfb_common_probe;
+
+ free(dev_params);
+ rte_kvargs_free(kvargs);
+
+ return ret;
+
+err_nfb_common_probe:
+ free(dev_params);
+err_strdup_params:
+ rte_kvargs_free(kvargs);
+err_parse_args:
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+vdev_nfb_vdev_remove(struct rte_vdev_device *dev)
+{
+ return nfb_eth_common_remove(&dev->device);
+}
+
+/** Virtual device descriptor. */
+static struct rte_vdev_driver vdev_nfb_vdev = {
+ .probe = vdev_nfb_vdev_probe,
+ .remove = vdev_nfb_vdev_remove,
+};
+
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_VDEV(VDEV_NFB_DRIVER, vdev_nfb_vdev);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_ALIAS(VDEV_NFB_DRIVER, eth_vdev_nfb);
+RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING(net_vdev_nfb,
+ VDEV_NFB_ARG_DEV "=<string>"
+ );
--
2.52.0
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