Is there any public spec? If yes, I'd suggest to add the link to a doc for reference.
/Helin > -----Original Message----- > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Wenzhuo Lu > Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 4:22 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Wu, Jingjing > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 15/15] doc: update doc for avf driver > > From: Jingjing Wu <jingjing...@intel.com> > > Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing...@intel.com> > --- > doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++-- > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst index > 1e83bf6..3adb684 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/intel_vf.rst > @@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ > (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF > THE USE > OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH > DAMAGE. > > -I40E/IXGBE/IGB Virtual Function Driver > -====================================== > +Intel Virtual Function Driver > +============================= > > Supported Intel® Ethernet Controllers (see the *DPDK Release Notes* for > details) support the following modes of operation in a virtualized > environment: > @@ -93,6 +93,18 @@ and the Physical Function operates on the global > resources on behalf of the Virt For this out-of-band communication, an SR- > IOV enabled NIC provides a memory buffer for each Virtual Function, which > is called a "Mailbox". > > +Intel® Ethernet Adaptive Virtual Function > +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > +Adaptive Virtual Function (AVF) is a SR-IOV Virtual Function with the same > device id (8086:1889) on different Intel Ethernet Controller. > +AVF Driver is VF driver which supports for all future Intel devices > +without requiring a VM update. And since this happens to be an adaptive > +VF driver, every new drop of the VF driver would add more and more > +advanced features that can be turned on in the VM if the underlying HW > device supports those advanced features based on a device agnostic way > without ever compromising on the base functionality. AVF provides generic > hardware interface and interface between AVF driver and a compliant PF > driver is specified. > + > +Intel products starting Ethernet Controller 710 Series to support Adaptive > Virtual Function. > + > +The way to generate Virtual Function is like normal, and the resource of VF > assignment depends on the NIC Infrastructure. > + > The PCIE host-interface of Intel Ethernet Switch FM10000 Series VF > infrastructure > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst > index 24b67bb..0672b0e 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_18_02.rst > @@ -41,6 +41,22 @@ New Features > Also, make sure to start the actual text at the margin. > ========================================================= > > + * **Add AVF (Adaptive Virtual Function) net PMD.** > + > + A new net PMD has been added, which supports Intel® Ethernet > Adaptive > + Virtual Function (AVF) with features list below: > + > + * Basic Rx/Tx burst > + * SSE vectorized Rx/Tx burst > + * Promiscuous mode > + * MAC/VLAN offload > + * Checksum offload > + * TSO offload > + * Jumbo frame and MTU setting > + * RSS configuration > + * stats > + * Rx/Tx descriptor status > + * Link status update/event > > API Changes > ----------- > -- > 1.9.3
