> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jerin Jacob [mailto:jerin.ja...@caviumnetworks.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 4:35 PM
> To: Varghese, Vipin <vipin.vargh...@intel.com>
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Dumitrescu, Cristian <cristian.dumitre...@intel.com>;
> Byrne, Stephen1 <stephen1.by...@intel.com>; Mcnamara, John
> <john.mcnam...@intel.com>; Doherty, Declan <declan.dohe...@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/tm: update support for pf only
>
> -----Original Message-----
> > Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 12:34:51 +0530
> > From: Vipin Varghese <vipin.vargh...@intel.com>
> > To: dev@dpdk.org, cristian.dumitre...@intel.com
> > CC: stephen1.by...@intel.com, john.mcnam...@intel.com,
> > declan.dohe...@intel.com, Vipin Varghese <vipin.vargh...@intel.com>
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] doc/tm: update support for pf only
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> >
> > Documentation is updated to highlight the support for DPDK ethernet
> > interface for Traffic Manager is currently limited to PF only.
>
> Why limit the specification to only PF devices? If a specific HW can
> support only PF devices, it can register tm ops only to PF devices.
> There are Hardwars which can support TM on VF as well, off course HW
> capabilities may be different, It can expressed with exiting TM capabilities
> structures.
NAK, Agree with Jerin.
The API is agnostic of the nature of ethdev port. The API is the same, whether
it is called for a PF port or for a VF port.
