> -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Tiwei Bie > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2018 1:02 PM > <snip> > > Hi Dariusz, >
Hi Tiwei, > Thank you for putting efforts in making the DPDK > vhost more generic! > > From my understanding, your proposal is that: > > 1) Introduce rte_vhost2 to provide the APIs which > allow users to implement vhost backends like > SCSI, net, crypto, .. > That's right. > 2) Refactor the existing rte_vhost to use rte_vhost2. > The rte_vhost will still provide below existing > sets of APIs: > 1. The APIs which allow users to implement > external vhost backends (these APIs were > designed for SPDK previously) > 2. The APIs provided by the net backend > 3. The APIs provided by the crypto backend > And above APIs in rte_vhost won't be changed. That's correct. Rte_vhost would register its own rte_vhost2_tgt_ops underneath and will call existing vhost_device_ops for e.g. starting the device once all queues are started. Regards, D. > > Is my above understanding correct? Thanks! > > Best regards, > Tiwei Bie >
