[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-09-07 Thread Zende, Amruta S
-Original Message- From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Iremonger, Bernard Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2015 7:33 PM To: Thomas Monjalon; Neil Horman Cc: dev at dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs Hi Neil, Thomas, > > > >

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-09-03 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi Neil, Thomas, > > > > > > > > You didn't remove the relationship of the ethdev to the pci driver > > > > though, which is really the problem, An ethdev may reside on any > > > > number of bus types (pci/usb/vmbus/virt/none). > > > > > > > > > > Whats really needed is a way to associate an et

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-09-01 Thread Neil Horman
On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 01:38:02PM +, Iremonger, Bernard wrote: > Hi Neil, Thomas, > > > > > > You didn't remove the relationship of the ethdev to the pci driver > > > though, which is really the problem, An ethdev may reside on any > > > number of bus types (pci/usb/vmbus/virt/none). > >

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-09-01 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi Neil, Thomas, > > You didn't remove the relationship of the ethdev to the pci driver > > though, which is really the problem, An ethdev may reside on any > > number of bus types (pci/usb/vmbus/virt/none). > > Whats really needed is a way to associate an ethdev with an arbitrary bus >

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-31 Thread Thomas Monjalon
2015-08-31 08:59, Neil Horman: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 10:23:33AM +, Iremonger, Bernard wrote: > > The purpose of this RFC is to remove the need for a PCI device driver > > from Vdev's that that do not use a PCI driver. Removing the PCI driver > > is implemented in the ethdev changes. I have

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-31 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi Keith, Neil, > >> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > >> > > There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present. > >> > > This RFC proposes to remove the pci driver from the vdev PMD's. > >> > > Changes have been made to librte_ether to handle vdevs wh

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-31 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi John, > -Original Message- > From: John W. Linville [mailto:linville at tuxdriver.com] > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2015 6:52 PM > To: Iremonger, Bernard > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs > > On Fri, Au

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-31 Thread Neil Horman
le [mailto:linville at tuxdriver.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:44 PM > > > > To: Iremonger, Bernard > > > > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > > > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs > > > > >

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-31 Thread Neil Horman
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:21:46AM +, Iremonger, Bernard wrote: > Hi Keith, Neil, > > > > > >> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > > >> > > There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present. > > >> > > This RFC proposes to remove the pci driver from

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-28 Thread Wiles, Keith
> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:44 PM >> > To: Iremonger, Bernard >> > Cc: dev at dpdk.org >> > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs >> > >> > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote: >> &

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-28 Thread John W. Linville
dpdk.org > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > > > There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present. > > > This RFC proposes to remove the

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-28 Thread Iremonger, Bernard
Hi John, > -Original Message- > From: John W. Linville [mailto:linville at tuxdriver.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2015 6:44 PM > To: Iremonger, Bernard > Cc: dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs > > On Thu, Au

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-28 Thread Neil Horman
dpdk.org > > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs > > > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > > > There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present. > > > This RFC proposes to remove the

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-27 Thread Bernard Iremonger
There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present. This RFC proposes to remove the pci driver from the vdev PMD's. Changes have been made to librte_ether to handle vdevs which do not have a pci driver. The pdev PMD's should work as before with the changes to librte_ether The vdev PMD's whi

[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/6] remove pci driver from vdevs

2015-08-27 Thread John W. Linville
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 04:40:35PM +0100, Bernard Iremonger wrote: > There is a dummy pci driver in the vdev PMD's at present. > This RFC proposes to remove the pci driver from the vdev PMD's. > Changes have been made to librte_ether to handle vdevs which do not have a > pci driver. > > The pdev