Hi, Thomas > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:59 PM > To: Wu, Jingjing <jingjing.wu at intel.com> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara at intel.com>; Liu, Yong > <yong.liu at intel.com>; Zhang, Helin <helin.zhang at intel.com> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: add bifurcated driver guide on > ixgbe nic > > Hi, > > Thank you for providing more doc. > I am just not convinced it is the right place > and it must be discussed. > Some questions below to help deciding where it must be. > > 2016-06-23 11:02, Jingjing Wu: > > Bifurcated driver is a mechanism which depends the advanced > > Ethernet device to split traffic between queues. It provides > > the capability to let the kernel driver and DPDK driver co-exist > > and take their advantage. > > The name "bifurcated driver" was used for a real driver proposal > in Linux. I don't think it applies here. > > > It is achieved by using SRIOV and NIC's advanced filtering. This > > patch describes it and adds the user guide on ixgbe NICs. > > It is not a DPDK feature, just a use case. > What do we learn about DPDK?
Yes, it is an feature in Linux driver. And the typical use case how DPDK co-work with Linux networking. I think it will be a good reference. When I preparde this patch, I'm also doubt where to put, and the behavior may be NIC specific, so I added it here. Any other suggestion? Thanks Jingjing
