Thread (209 messages) 209 messages, 11 authors, 2021-04-12

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/9] ethdev: introduce representor type

From: Thomas Monjalon <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-19 08:39:46

19/01/2021 08:56, Xueming(Steven) Li:
From: Andrew Rybchenko <redacted>
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On 1/19/21 10:37 AM, Xueming(Steven) Li wrote:
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From: Andrew Rybchenko <redacted>
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On 1/18/21 2:16 PM, Xueming Li wrote:
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+/** Ethernet device representor type */ enum
+rte_eth_representor_type {
+	RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_NONE, /**< not a representor. */
+	RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_VF,   /**< representor of VF. */
+	RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_SF,   /**< representor of SF. */
+	RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_PF,   /**< representor of host PF. */
RTE_ETH_REPRESENTOR_SF and PF looks dead in the patch.
IMHO, addition of these members here make future patches which add
support inconsistent.
Yes, later patch in this patchset will support it.
I know. The question is why it is not added in the later patches when these
types are actually supported.
Good suggestion, will update
+1 (I was sure it was already the case)

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