Updating the documentation with the pattern format for enabling
multiple representors in one device
Signed-off-by: Harman Kalra <hka...@marvell.com>
---
doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst | 4 +++-
doc/guides/prog_guide/switch_representation.rst | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
b/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
index c145a9066c..76285e71e2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/poll_mode_drv.rst
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ parameters to those ports.
* ``representor`` for a device which supports the creation of representor ports
this argument allows user to specify which switch ports to enable port
- representors for. Multiple representors in one device argument is invalid::
+ representors for::
-a DBDF,representor=vf0
-a DBDF,representor=vf[0,4,6,9]
@@ -389,6 +389,8 @@ parameters to those ports.
-a DBDF,representor=pf1vf0
-a DBDF,representor=pf[0-1]sf[0-127]
-a DBDF,representor=pf1
+ -a DBDF,representor=pf[0-1],representor=pf2vf[0-2],representor=pf3[3,5-8]
+ (Enabling creation of multiple representors in one device argument)
Note: PMDs are not required to support the standard device arguments and users
should consult the relevant PMD documentation to see support devargs.
diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/switch_representation.rst
b/doc/guides/prog_guide/switch_representation.rst
index 6fd7b98bdc..fde8c790ba 100644
--- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/switch_representation.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/switch_representation.rst
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ thought as a software "patch panel" front-end for
applications.
-a pci:dbdf,representor=sf1
-a pci:dbdf,representor=sf[0-1023]
-a pci:dbdf,representor=sf[0,2-1023]
+ -a pci:dbdf,representor=pf[0-1],representor=pf2vf[0-2],representor=pf3[3,5]
- As virtual devices, they may be more limited than their physical
counterparts, for instance by exposing only a subset of device
--
2.18.0
