[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF

2014-06-16 Thread Ananyev, Konstantin
Hi Bruce, >> > However, even with that, I would suggest that any limit should be possible >> > to >> override. It's entirely possible that someone max actually want to reserve >> the >> full number of VFs, either because they don't want to use the NIC on the >> host at >> all, or because they

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF

2014-06-13 Thread Richardson, Bruce
> -Original Message- > From: Chris Wright [mailto:chrisw at redhat.com] > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 11:14 AM > To: Richardson, Bruce > Cc: Chris Wright; Stephen Hemminger; Thomas Monjalon; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF > > * Richar

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF

2014-06-13 Thread Richardson, Bruce
> -Original Message- > From: Chris Wright [mailto:chrisw at redhat.com] > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 10:52 AM > To: Richardson, Bruce; Stephen Hemminger > Cc: Thomas Monjalon; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF > > To keep from confusing u

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF

2014-06-13 Thread Chris Wright
* Richardson, Bruce (bruce.richardson at intel.com) wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris Wright [mailto:chrisw at redhat.com] > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 11:14 AM > > To: Richardson, Bruce > > Cc: Chris Wright; Stephen Hemminger; Thomas Monjalon; dev at dpdk.org > > Subject: Re

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF

2014-06-13 Thread Chris Wright
* Richardson, Bruce (bruce.richardson at intel.com) wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Chris Wright [mailto:chrisw at redhat.com] > > Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 10:52 AM > > To: Richardson, Bruce; Stephen Hemminger > > Cc: Thomas Monjalon; dev at dpdk.org > > Subject: [PATCH] ig

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] igb_uio: cap max VFs at 7 to reserve one for PF

2014-06-13 Thread Chris Wright
To keep from confusing users, cap max VFs at 7, despite PCI SR-IOV config space showing a max of 8. This reserves a queue pair for the PF. This issue was cited here: http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2014-April/001832.html Cc: Bruce Richardson Cc: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: Chris Wright