Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host in representor

2021-01-19 Thread Xueming(Steven) Li
>-Original Message- >From: Andrew Rybchenko >Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 4:03 PM >To: Xueming(Steven) Li >Cc: dev@dpdk.org; Slava Ovsiienko ; Asaf Penso >; Bruce Richardson ; NBU- >Contact-Thomas Monjalon ; Ferruh Yigit > >Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host in repr

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/9] ethdev: support multi-host in representor

2021-01-19 Thread Andrew Rybchenko
On 1/19/21 10:14 AM, Xueming Li wrote: > The NIC can have multiple PCIe links and can be attached to the multiple > hosts, for example the same single NIC can be shared for multiple server > units in the rack. On each PCIe link NIC can provide multiple PFs and > VFs/SFs based on these ones. To prov