Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-07 Thread Thomas Monjalon
Bad news for the DPDK API below: 03/11/2019 23:09, Thomas Monjalon: > 03/11/2019 16:27, Ananyev, Konstantin: > > > > > > > If we consider what Intel did, i.e. configure VF in place of > > > > > representor for some operations, there are two drawbacks: > > > > > - confusing that some ops apply to

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-05 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 04.11.2019 21:33, Shahaf Shuler wrote: Monday, November 4, 2019 12:28 PM, Ilya Maximets: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host On 03.11.2019 7:48, Shahaf Shuler wrote: Friday, November 1, 2019 11:33 AM, Ilya Maximets: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-04 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Monday, November 4, 2019 12:28 PM, Ilya Maximets: > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from > host > > On 03.11.2019 7:48, Shahaf Shuler wrote: > > Friday, November 1, 2019 11:33 AM, Ilya Maximets: > >> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-04 Thread Ilya Maximets
Hemminger ; Roni Bar Yanai ; Rony Efraim ; declan.dohe...@intel.com; bernard.iremon...@intel.com; ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com; Ananyev, Konstantin Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host On 03.11.2019 7:48, Shahaf Shuler wrote: Friday, November 1, 2019 11:33 AM

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-04 Thread Asaf Penso
n Hemminger > ; Roni Bar Yanai ; > Rony Efraim ; declan.dohe...@intel.com; > bernard.iremon...@intel.com; ajit.khapa...@broadcom.com; Ananyev, > Konstantin > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from > host > > On 03.11.2019 7:48, Shahaf Shuler wr

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-04 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 03.11.2019 7:48, Shahaf Shuler wrote: Friday, November 1, 2019 11:33 AM, Ilya Maximets: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host On 30.10.2019 22:42, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 30/10/2019 17:09, Ilya Maximets: On 30.10.2019 16:49, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 30

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-03 Thread Thomas Monjalon
03/11/2019 16:27, Ananyev, Konstantin: > > > > > If we consider what Intel did, i.e. configure VF in place of > > > > representor for some operations, there are two drawbacks: > > > > - confusing that some ops apply to representor, others apply to VF > > > > - some ops are not possible on represen

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-03 Thread Ananyev, Konstantin
> > > If we consider what Intel did, i.e. configure VF in place of > > > representor for some operations, there are two drawbacks: > > > - confusing that some ops apply to representor, others apply to VF > > > - some ops are not possible on representor (because targetted to VF) > > > > > > I stil

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-02 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Friday, November 1, 2019 11:33 AM, Ilya Maximets: > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from > host > > On 30.10.2019 22:42, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 30/10/2019 17:09, Ilya Maximets: > >> On 30.10.2019 16:49, Thomas Monjalon wrote: &

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-02 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Friday, November 1, 2019 3:25 PM, Jerin Jacob: > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from > host > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 6:03 AM Thomas Monjalon > wrote: > > > > 30/10/2019 10:15, Jerin Jacob: > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-01 Thread Jerin Jacob
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 6:03 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 30/10/2019 10:15, Jerin Jacob: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:26 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > > 30/10/2019 05:08, Jerin Jacob: > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > In a virtual

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-01 Thread Jerin Jacob
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 6:03 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 30/10/2019 10:15, Jerin Jacob: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:26 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > > 30/10/2019 05:08, Jerin Jacob: > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > In a virtual

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-01 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 01.11.2019 10:06, Ilya Maximets wrote: On 01.11.2019 1:24, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 30/10/2019 10:24, Jerin Jacob: On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:52 PM Shahaf Shuler wrote: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:09 AM, Jerin Jacob: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-01 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 30.10.2019 22:42, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 30/10/2019 17:09, Ilya Maximets: On 30.10.2019 16:49, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 30/10/2019 16:07, Ilya Maximets: On 29.10.2019 19:50, Thomas Monjalon wrote: In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure some SR-IOV VF parameter

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-11-01 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 01.11.2019 1:24, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 30/10/2019 10:24, Jerin Jacob: On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:52 PM Shahaf Shuler wrote: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:09 AM, Jerin Jacob: Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-31 Thread Thomas Monjalon
30/10/2019 10:15, Jerin Jacob: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:26 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > 30/10/2019 05:08, Jerin Jacob: > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure > > > > some S

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-31 Thread Thomas Monjalon
30/10/2019 10:24, Jerin Jacob: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:52 PM Shahaf Shuler wrote: > > Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:09 AM, Jerin Jacob: > > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from > > > host > > > > > > On

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Thomas Monjalon
30/10/2019 17:09, Ilya Maximets: > On 30.10.2019 16:49, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 30/10/2019 16:07, Ilya Maximets: > >> On 29.10.2019 19:50, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > >>> In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure > >>> some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. > >

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 30.10.2019 16:49, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 30/10/2019 16:07, Ilya Maximets: On 29.10.2019 19:50, Thomas Monjalon wrote: In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. When the PF (host port) is driven by DPDK (OVS-DPDK ca

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Thomas Monjalon
30/10/2019 16:07, Ilya Maximets: > On 29.10.2019 19:50, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure > > some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. > > > > When the PF (host port) is driven by DPDK (OVS-DPDK case), > > we face two different

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 29.10.2019 19:50, Thomas Monjalon wrote: In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. When the PF (host port) is driven by DPDK (OVS-DPDK case), we face two different cases: - driver is bifurcated (Mellanox case),

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Jerin Jacob
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:52 PM Shahaf Shuler wrote: > > Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:09 AM, Jerin Jacob: > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from > > host > > > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon > &

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Jerin Jacob
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 2:26 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 30/10/2019 05:08, Jerin Jacob: > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon > > wrote: > > > > > > In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure > > > some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. > > >

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Thomas Monjalon
30/10/2019 05:08, Jerin Jacob: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure > > some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. > > Just to understand, Could you explain more details/examples for > securit

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-30 Thread Shahaf Shuler
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 6:09 AM, Jerin Jacob: > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from > host > > On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon > wrote: > > > > In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to c

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-29 Thread Jerin Jacob
On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:21 AM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure > some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. Just to understand, Could you explain more details/examples for security reasons? > > When the PF (host port) is dr

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] ethdev: configure SR-IOV VF from host

2019-10-29 Thread Thomas Monjalon
In a virtual environment, the network controller may have to configure some SR-IOV VF parameters for security reasons. When the PF (host port) is driven by DPDK (OVS-DPDK case), we face two different cases: - driver is bifurcated (Mellanox case), so the VF can be configured via the kerne