> -----Original Message----- > From: Dai, Wei > Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2017 11:25 PM > To: Wu, Jingjing; Xing, Beilei; Zhang, Helin > Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Dai, Wei > Subject: [PATCH v9] net/i40e: determine number of queues per VF during run > time > > Without this patch, the number of queues per i40e VF is defined as 4 by > CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_I40E_QUEUE_NUM_PER_VF=4 in config/common_base. > It is fixed value determined in building time and can't be changed during run > time. > With this patch, the number of queues per i40e VF can be determinated during > run time. For example, if the PCI address of an i40e PF is aaaa:bb.cc, with > the > EAL parameter -w aaaa:bb.cc,queue-num-per-vf=8 , the number of queues per > VF created from this PF is 8. > If there is no "queue-num-per-vf" setting in EAL parameters, it is 4 by > default as > before. And if the value after the "queue-num-per-vf" > is invalid, it is set as 4 forcibly. The valid values include 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 . > > Signed-off-by: Wei Dai <wei....@intel.com> > Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.anan...@intel.com> > --- > v9: > v9 = v8+v7, is a complete version for maintainer's convenience. > v8: > As v7 patch has been accepted into dpdk-next-net-intel, this patch > is based on v7 patch. > add description in i40e document > fix the last member of valid_keys[] for rte_kvargs_parse( ) > add RTE_PMD_REGISTER_PARAM_STRING for this feature > v7: > use the macro instead of natural number > correct git log message as the EAL parameter is only valid for PF > v6: > fix a small bug when detecting end character of strtoul > v5: > fix git log message and WARNING of coding stype > v4: > use rte_kvargs instead of pervious parsing function; > use malloc/free instead of rte_zmalloc/rte_free. > v3: > fix WARNING of coding style issues from checkpa...@dpdk.org > v2: > fix WARNING of coding style issues from checkpa...@dpdk.org > --- > config/common_base | 1 - > doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 12 ++++--- > drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 75 > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
BTW, I think release notes should be updated for your modifications.
