Hi Matan, Did you think about OVS DPDK? vDPA is a basic module for OVS, currently it will take some exception path packet processing for OVS, so it still needs to integrate eth_dev.
Thanks, Rosen > -----Original Message----- > From: dev <dev-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Matan Azrad > Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2020 15:57 > To: Matan Azrad <ma...@mellanox.com>; Maxime Coquelin > <maxime.coque...@redhat.com>; Bie, Tiwei <tiwei....@intel.com>; Wang, > Zhihong <zhihong.w...@intel.com>; Wang, Xiao W > <xiao.w.w...@intel.com> > Cc: Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yi...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Thomas Monjalon > <tho...@monjalon.net> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v1 0/3] Introduce new class for vDPA device > drivers > > Hi all > > Any comments? > > From: Matan Azrad > > As discussed and as described in RFC "[RFC] net: new vdpa PMD for > > Mellanox devices", new vDPA driver is going to be added for Mellanox > > devices - vDPA > > mlx5 and more. > > > > The only vDPA driver now is the IFC driver that is located in net directory. > > > > The IFC driver and the new vDPA mlx5 driver provide the vDPA ops > > introduced in librte_vhost and not the eth-dev ops. > > All the others drivers in net class provide the eth-dev ops. > > The set of features is also different. > > > > Create a new class for vDPA drivers and move IFC to this class. > > Later, all the new drivers that implement the vDPA ops will be added > > to the vDPA class. > > > > Also, a vDPA device driver features list was added to vDPA documentation. > > > > Please review the features list and the series. > > > > Later on, I'm going to send the vDPA mlx5 driver. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Matan Azrad (3): > > drivers: introduce vDPA class > > doc: add vDPA feature table > > drivers: move ifc driver to the vDPA class > > > > MAINTAINERS | 6 +- > > doc/guides/conf.py | 5 + > > doc/guides/index.rst | 1 + > > doc/guides/nics/features/ifcvf.ini | 8 - > > doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst | 106 --- > > doc/guides/nics/index.rst | 1 - > > doc/guides/vdpadevs/features/default.ini | 55 ++ > > doc/guides/vdpadevs/features/ifcvf.ini | 8 + > > doc/guides/vdpadevs/features_overview.rst | 65 ++ > > doc/guides/vdpadevs/ifc.rst | 106 +++ > > doc/guides/vdpadevs/index.rst | 15 + > > drivers/Makefile | 2 + > > drivers/meson.build | 1 + > > drivers/net/Makefile | 3 - > > drivers/net/ifc/Makefile | 34 - > > drivers/net/ifc/base/ifcvf.c | 329 -------- > > drivers/net/ifc/base/ifcvf.h | 162 ---- > > drivers/net/ifc/base/ifcvf_osdep.h | 52 -- > > drivers/net/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c | 1280 > > ----------------------------- > > drivers/net/ifc/meson.build | 9 - > > drivers/net/ifc/rte_pmd_ifc_version.map | 3 - > > drivers/net/meson.build | 1 - > > drivers/vdpa/Makefile | 14 + > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/Makefile | 34 + > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/base/ifcvf.c | 329 ++++++++ > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/base/ifcvf.h | 162 ++++ > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/base/ifcvf_osdep.h | 52 ++ > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c | 1280 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/meson.build | 9 + > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/rte_pmd_ifc_version.map | 3 + > > drivers/vdpa/meson.build | 8 + > > 31 files changed, 2152 insertions(+), 1991 deletions(-) delete mode > > 100644 doc/guides/nics/features/ifcvf.ini > > delete mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/ifc.rst create mode 100644 > > doc/guides/vdpadevs/features/default.ini > > create mode 100644 doc/guides/vdpadevs/features/ifcvf.ini > > create mode 100644 doc/guides/vdpadevs/features_overview.rst > > create mode 100644 doc/guides/vdpadevs/ifc.rst create mode 100644 > > doc/guides/vdpadevs/index.rst delete mode 100644 > > drivers/net/ifc/Makefile delete mode 100644 > > drivers/net/ifc/base/ifcvf.c delete mode 100644 > > drivers/net/ifc/base/ifcvf.h delete mode 100644 > > drivers/net/ifc/base/ifcvf_osdep.h > > delete mode 100644 drivers/net/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c delete mode 100644 > > drivers/net/ifc/meson.build delete mode 100644 > > drivers/net/ifc/rte_pmd_ifc_version.map > > create mode 100644 drivers/vdpa/Makefile create mode 100644 > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/Makefile create mode 100644 > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/base/ifcvf.c create mode 100644 > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/base/ifcvf.h create mode 100644 > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/base/ifcvf_osdep.h > > create mode 100644 drivers/vdpa/ifc/ifcvf_vdpa.c create mode 100644 > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/meson.build create mode 100644 > > drivers/vdpa/ifc/rte_pmd_ifc_version.map > > create mode 100644 drivers/vdpa/meson.build > > > > -- > > 1.8.3.1
