2016-07-08 08:42, Wu, Jingjing: > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > > 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.
Where does the "bifurcated" name come from? Could we rename it to "flow bifurcation" or "partial kernel bypass"? > > > 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? Bernard is creating an howto section.
