> From: Jason Wang <jasow...@redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 4, 2021 12:33 PM
>
> On 2021/1/4 上午11:31, Parav Pandit wrote:
> > To add one or more VDPA devices, define a management device which
> > allows adding or removing vdpa device. A management device defines set
> > of callbacks to manage vdpa devices.
> >
> > To begin with, it defines add and remove callbacks through which a
> > user defined vdpa device can be added or removed.
> >
> > A unique management device is identified by its unique handle
> > identified by management device name and optionally the bus name.
> >
> > Hence, introduce routine through which driver can register a
> > management device and its callback operations for adding and remove a
> > vdpa device.
> >
> > Introduce vdpa netlink socket family so that user can query management
> > device and its attributes.
> >
> > Example of show vdpa management device which allows creating vdpa
> > device of networking class (device id = 0x1) of virtio specification
> > 1.1 section 5.1.1.
> >
> > $ vdpa mgmtdev show
> > vdpasim_net:
> > supported_classes:
> > net
> >
> > Example of showing vdpa management device in JSON format.
> >
> > $ vdpa mgmtdev show -jp
> > {
> > "show": {
> > "vdpasim_net": {
> > "supported_classes": [ "net" ]
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit<pa...@nvidia.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Eli Cohen<e...@nvidia.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Jason Wang<jasow...@redhat.com>
> > ---
> > Changelog:
> > v1->v2:
> > - rebased
> > - updated commit log example for management device name from
> > "vdpasim" to "vdpasim_net"
> > - removed device_id as net and block management devices are
> > separated
>
>
> So I wonder whether there could be a type of management devices that can
> deal with multiple types of virtio devices. If yes, we probably need to add
> device id back.
At this point mlx5 plan to support only net.
It is useful to see what type of vdpa device is supported by a management
device.
In future if a mgmt dev supports multiple types, user needs to choose desired
type.
I guess we can differ this optional type to future, when such mgmt. device
will/may be available.
