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From: "Pattan, Reshma" <reshma.pattan@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 0/5] add API's for VF management
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 08:49:42 +0000
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Hi Thomas and Ferruh,

Can you take a look and  provide comments on ixgbe driver and ethdev change=
s.

Thanks,
Reshma

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Bernard Iremonger
> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 10:10 AM
> To: Shah, Rahul R <rahul.r.shah@intel.com>; Lu, Wenzhuo
> <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: Iremonger, Bernard <bernard.iremonger@intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH v2 0/5] add API's for VF management
>=20
> This RFC patchset contains new DPDK API's requested by AT&T for use with =
the
> Virtual Function Daemon (VFD).
>=20
> The need to configure and manage VF's on a NIC has grown to the point whe=
re
> AT&T have devloped a DPDK based tool, VFD, to do this.
>=20
> This RFC proposes to add the following API extensions to DPDK:
>   mailbox communication callback support
>   VF configuration
>=20
> Nine new functions have been added to the eth_dev_ops structure.
> Corresponding functions have been added to the ixgbe PMD for the Niantic =
NIC.
>=20
> Two new callback functions have been added.
> Changes have been made to the ixgbe_rcv_msg_from_vf function to use the
> callback functions.
>=20
> Changes have been made to testpmd to facilitate testing of the new API's.
> The testpmd documentation has been updated to document the testpmd
> changes.
>=20
> Note:
> Adding new functions to the eth_dev_ops structure will cause an ABI break=
age.
>=20
> Changes in V2:
> rebase to latest master branch.
> fix compile  error with clang.
>=20
> Bernard Iremonger (5):
>   librte_ether: add internal callback functions
>   net/ixgbe: add callback to user app on VF to PF mbox msg
>   librte_ether: add API's for VF management
>   net/ixgbe: add functions for VF management
>   app/test_pmd: add tests for new API's
>=20
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                      | 700 ++++++++++++++++++++++=
++++++
>  doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst |  68 ++-
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c            | 179 +++++++
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_pf.c                |  39 +-
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c               | 176 +++++++
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h               | 284 +++++++++++
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ether_version.map      |  16 +
>  7 files changed, 1455 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>=20
> --
> 2.9.0