Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] devarg: change representor ID to bitmap

2021-01-19 Thread Xueming(Steven) Li
>-Original Message- >From: Ajit Khaparde >Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2021 3:02 AM >To: Xueming(Steven) Li >Cc: NBU-Contact-Thomas Monjalon ; Ferruh Yigit >; Andrew Rybchenko >; Olivier Matz ; >dpdk-dev ; Slava Ovsiienko ; Asaf >Penso >Subject: Re: [d

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] devarg: change representor ID to bitmap

2021-01-18 Thread Ajit Khaparde
On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:18 AM Xueming Li wrote: > > The NIC can have multiple PCIe links and can be attached to 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 one

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/9] devarg: change representor ID to bitmap

2021-01-18 Thread Xueming Li
The NIC can have multiple PCIe links and can be attached to 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. The full representor identifier consists of three indices