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From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
To: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>
Cc: Linux Virtualization <virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, elic@nvidia.com,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Introduce vdpa management tool
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 09:41:11 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJSP0QXN2VGgKwQ_qL3Fr0dAYDviZcFDgUrE8FhHZwBm9wpBoQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201112064005.349268-1-parav@nvidia.com>

Great! A few questions and comments:

How are configuration parameters passed in during device creation
(e.g. MAC address, number of queues)?

Can configuration parameters be changed at runtime (e.g. link up/down)?

Does the configuration parameter interface distinguish between
standard and vendor-specific parameters? Are they namespaced to
prevent naming collisions?

How are software-only parent drivers supported? It's kind of a shame
to modprobe unconditionally if they won't be used. Does vdpatool have
some way of requesting loading a parent driver? That way software
drivers can be loaded on demand.

What is the benefit of making it part of iproute2? If there is not a
significant advantage like sharing code, then I suggest using a
separate repository and package so vdpatool can be installed
separately (e.g. even on AF_VSOCK-only guests without Ethernet).

Stefan

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-16 10:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-12  6:39 [PATCH 0/7] Introduce vdpa management tool Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:39 ` [PATCH 1/7] vdpa: Add missing comment for virtqueue count Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 2/7] vdpa: Use simpler version of ida allocation Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 3/7] vdpa: Extend routine to accept vdpa device name Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 4/7] vdpa: Define vdpa parent device, ops and a netlink interface Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 5/7] vdpa: Enable a user to add and delete a vdpa device Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 6/7] vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device info Parav Pandit
2020-11-12  6:40 ` [PATCH 7/7] vdpa/vdpa_sim: Enable user to create vdpasim net devices Parav Pandit
2020-11-16  9:41 ` Stefan Hajnoczi [this message]
2020-11-17 19:41   ` [PATCH 0/7] Introduce vdpa management tool Parav Pandit
2020-11-16 22:23 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-11-17 19:51   ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-16  9:13     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
     [not found]       ` <20201216080610.08541f44@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
2020-12-16 16:54         ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-16 19:57           ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-12-17 12:13             ` Parav Pandit
2020-11-27  3:53 ` Jason Wang
     [not found]   ` <CACycT3sYScObb9nN3g7L3cesjE7sCZWxZ5_5R1usGU9ePZEeqA@mail.gmail.com>
2020-11-30  3:36     ` [External] " Jason Wang
2020-11-30  7:07       ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-01  6:25         ` Jason Wang
2020-12-01  9:55           ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-01 11:32             ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-01 14:18               ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-01 15:58                 ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02  3:29                   ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02  4:53                     ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02  5:51                       ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02  6:24                         ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02  7:55                           ` Jason Wang
2020-12-02  9:27                         ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02  9:21                       ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02 11:13                         ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-02 13:18                           ` Yongji Xie
2020-12-02  5:48             ` Jason Wang
2020-12-08 22:47   ` David Ahern
2021-01-19  4:21     ` Parav Pandit
2020-12-16  9:16 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-04  3:31 ` [PATCH linux-next v2 " Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 1/7] vdpa_sim_net: Make mac address array static Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  7:00     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 2/7] vdpa_sim_net: Add module param to disable default vdpa net device Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 3/7] vdpa: Extend routine to accept vdpa device name Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 4/7] vdpa: Define vdpa mgmt device, ops and a netlink interface Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  7:03     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  7:24       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05  4:10         ` Jason Wang
2021-01-05  6:33           ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05  8:36             ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 5/7] vdpa: Enable a user to add and delete a vdpa device Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 6/7] vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device info Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  3:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v2 7/7] vdpa_sim_net: Add support for user supported devices Parav Pandit
2021-01-04  7:05     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-04  7:21       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05  4:06         ` Jason Wang
2021-01-05  6:22           ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:31 ` [PATCH linux-next v3 0/6] Introduce vdpa management tool Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 1/6] vdpa_sim_net: Make mac address array static Parav Pandit
2021-01-07 13:45     ` Stefano Garzarella
2021-01-05 10:31   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 2/6] vdpa: Extend routine to accept vdpa device name Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 3/6] vdpa: Define vdpa mgmt device, ops and a netlink interface Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 4/6] vdpa: Enable a user to add and delete a vdpa device Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 5/6] vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device info Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 10:32   ` [PATCH linux-next v3 6/6] vdpa_sim_net: Add support for user supported devices Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 11:48     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-05 12:02       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 12:14         ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-05 12:30           ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-05 13:23             ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2021-01-07  3:48               ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-12  4:14                 ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-14  4:17                 ` Jason Wang
2021-01-14  7:58                   ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-15  5:38                     ` Jason Wang
2021-01-15  6:27                       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-19 11:09                         ` Jason Wang
2021-01-20  3:21                           ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-20  3:46                             ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-18 18:03                       ` Parav Pandit
2021-01-20  7:53                         ` Michael S. Tsirkin

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