From: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
To: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@citrix.com>, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com>, Tim Deegan <tim@xen.org>,
Keir Fraser <keir@xen.org>,
Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>,
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] public/io/netif.h: document control ring and toeplitz hashing
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 16:07:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <568FDEBE.6030502@citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1452171912-29857-3-git-send-email-paul.durrant@citrix.com>
On 07/01/16 13:05, Paul Durrant wrote:
> This patch documents a new shared ring between frontend and backend that
> can be used to pass bulk out-of-band data, such as that required to
> implement toeplitz hashing in the backend such that it is configurable by
> the frontend.
>
> The patch then goes on to document the messages passed over the control
> ring that can be used to configure toeplitz hashing.
[...]
> --- a/xen/include/public/io/netif.h
> +++ b/xen/include/public/io/netif.h
> @@ -151,6 +151,270 @@
> */
>
> /*
> + * Control ring
> + * ============
[...]
> + * The frontend provides a control ring to the backend by setting:
> + *
> + * /local/domain/<domid>/device/vif/<vif>/ctrl-ring-ref = <gref>
> + * /local/domain/<domid>/device/vif/<vif>/event-channel-ctrl = <port>
ctrl-event-channel to match ctrl-ring-ref?
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-01-08 16:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-07 13:05 [PATCH v4 0/3] public/io/netif.h: support for toeplitz hashing Paul Durrant
2016-01-07 13:05 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] public/io/netif.h: document transmit and receive wire formats separately Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 15:24 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-08 15:56 ` Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 16:10 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-07 13:05 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] public/io/netif.h: document control ring and toeplitz hashing Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 15:53 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-08 16:19 ` Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 16:46 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-08 17:07 ` Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 17:22 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-08 17:35 ` Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 16:07 ` David Vrabel [this message]
2016-01-08 16:21 ` Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 16:22 ` David Vrabel
2016-01-07 13:05 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] public/io/netif.h: document new extra info for passing hash values Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 16:05 ` Ian Campbell
2016-01-08 16:26 ` Paul Durrant
2016-01-08 16:48 ` Ian Campbell
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