Hi Anant, > -----Original Message----- > From: Anant Mudambi [mailto:amudambi at paloaltonetworks.com] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 6:39 AM > To: Richardson, Bruce; Ouyang, Changchun > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Using multi-queue with RSS on X540 VF > > Thanks Bruce. > Hi Changchun, > I looked at your patch set and have some questions about it. I might be > missing something basic. > - How is the RTE_ETH_DEV_SRIOV(rte_eth_dev *).active set for VF ports (in > guest using ixgbevf PMD)? The only place I saw this field being > set is in ixgbe_pf_host_init() but this is not called from > eth_ixgbevf_dev_init(), only from eth_ixgbe_dev_init().
Yes, pf on host will do it. > - Your patch includes some changes to ixgbe_dev_mq_rx_configure() to > support VF RSS, but this function is not called from the ixgbevf PMD, only > from ixgbe PMD? Yes, again pf on host will do it. > - Do you know if RSS on VF (using DPDK PMD) works with Linux ixgbe PF > driver on host? What parameters does the PF driver need to be loaded with? > Not test on that case of dpdk vf with linux ixgbe pf yet, But it works on the case of dpdk vf with dpdk ixgbe pf on Niantic. Thanks Changchun
