Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-28 Thread Jiri Pirko
Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 08:42:49PM CET, jakub.kicin...@netronome.com wrote: >On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:30:26 +0900 (KST), David Miller wrote: >> From: Jakub Kicinski >> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:36:11 -0800 >> >> > The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV, >> > but the general cons

Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-28 Thread Phil Sutter
Hi, On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:42:49AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:30:26 +0900 (KST), David Miller wrote: > > From: Jakub Kicinski > > Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:36:11 -0800 > > > > > The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV, > > > but the general co

Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-27 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Tue, 28 Nov 2017 04:30:26 +0900 (KST), David Miller wrote: > From: Jakub Kicinski > Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:36:11 -0800 > > > The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV, > > but the general consensus seems to be against adding further > > features to it. > > I guess thi

Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-27 Thread David Miller
From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 18:36:11 -0800 > The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV, > but the general consensus seems to be against adding further > features to it. I guess this is fine, but then is it going to be the case that every time we want to add a

Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-24 Thread Jiri Pirko
Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 08:49:17AM CET, jakub.kicin...@netronome.com wrote: >On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:24 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 03:36:11AM CET, jakub.kicin...@netronome.com wrote: >>>To be able to run selftests without any hardware required we >>>need a software model. The m

Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-23 Thread Jakub Kicinski
On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:24 PM, Jiri Pirko wrote: > Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 03:36:11AM CET, jakub.kicin...@netronome.com wrote: >>To be able to run selftests without any hardware required we >>need a software model. The model can also serve as an example >>implementation for those implementing act

Re: [RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-23 Thread Jiri Pirko
Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 03:36:11AM CET, jakub.kicin...@netronome.com wrote: >To be able to run selftests without any hardware required we >need a software model. The model can also serve as an example >implementation for those implementing actual HW offloads. >The dummy driver have previously been ex

[RFC net-next 4/6] netdevsim: add software driver for testing offloads

2017-11-23 Thread Jakub Kicinski
To be able to run selftests without any hardware required we need a software model. The model can also serve as an example implementation for those implementing actual HW offloads. The dummy driver have previously been extended to test SR-IOV, but the general consensus seems to be against adding f