> -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] > Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 5:14 PM > To: Wu, Jingjing > Cc: dev at dpdk.org; Mcnamara, John; Liu, Yong; Zhang, Helin; Iremonger, > Bernard > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] doc: add bifurcated driver guide on > ixgbe nic > > 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 our internal name. It is also called as queue split between drivers. And I like the "flow bifurcation" one, let me rename it. Thanks for the suggestion.
> > > > 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. Yes, just saw it. Will re-organize it to howto.
