Hi Serguei, > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Serguei Bezverkhi > (sbezverk) > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 3:12 PM > To: Van Haaren, Harry; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] getting pointer for struct ixgbe_hw > > Hi Harry, > > Thank you for your reply. The reason I was looking for specifically ixgbe_hw > because I needed access to ixgbe PF/VF mailbox facility. I > am not sure if it is exposed via rte_eth api. Please advise.
You are not supposed to send/recv messages via HW mailbox directly from the user application. To configure device there exists rte_eth* API. Wonder what exactly you are trying to achieve? Konstantin > > Best regards > > Serguei > > > Serguei Bezverkhi, > TECHNICAL LEADER.SERVICES > Global SP Services > sbezverk at cisco.com > Phone:?+1 416 306 7312 > Mobile:?+1 514 234 7374 > > CCIE (R&S,SP,Sec) - #9527 > > Cisco.com > > > > ?Think before you print. > This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use > of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or > disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended > recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please > contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. > Please?click here?for Company Registration Information. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Van Haaren, Harry [mailto:harry.van.haaren at intel.com] > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2015 10:06 AM > To: Serguei Bezverkhi (sbezverk) <sbezverk at cisco.com>; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: RE: getting pointer for struct ixgbe_hw > > Hi Serguei, > > > From: Serguei Bezverkhi > > I would appreciate if somebody could share an example of getting > > access to ixgbe_hw structure for already initialized ixgbe nic. I > > tried to find any references but could not find any API returning pointer > > for this structure. > > The ixgbe_hw struct is part of the implementation, and should not be used by > code outside the drivers/net/ixgbe director. The > rte_eth_* api[1] is available to access any NIC using a unified API. > > Hope that helps, -Harry > > [1] http://www.dpdk.org/doc/api/rte__ethdev_8h.html
