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

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

2021-01-18 Thread Xueming Li
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 provide the unambiguous identification of the PCIe