On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 10:39:52 +0000 Wang, Haiyue wrote: > > In this case, I'm guessing, Intel can reuse RTE flow -> AQ code written > > to run on PFs on the special VF. > > > > This community has selected switchdev + flower for programming flows. > > I believe implementing flower offloads would solve your use case, and > > at the same time be most beneficial to the netdev community. > > Jakub, > > Thanks, I deep into the switchdev, it is kernel software bridge for hardware > offload, and each port is registered with register_netdev. So this solution > is not suitable for current case: VF can be assigned to VMs.
You may be missing the concept of a representor. Sridhar from Intel was investigating this, I believe, at some point. Perhaps sync with him?