[PATCH v6 0/8] net/nfb: rework to real multiport

spinler
2026-02-02T15:34:56Z

This series implements real multiport for better user experience.

The existing driver creates one ethdev/port for one PCI device.
As the CESNET-NDK based cards aren't capable to represent each
Ethernet port by own PCI device, new driver implementation
processes real port configuration from firmware/card and switches
from rte_eth_dev_pci_generic_probe to multiple rte_eth_dev_create calls.

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Depends-on: patch-37240 ("doc/nfb: update release notes for nfb driver")

v6:
* Rebased on patch-37240
* Timestamp changes removed from release log changes for this series.
* Fixed missing include for isdigit()

Martin Spinler (8):
net/nfb: prepare for indirect queue mapping scheme
net/nfb: create one ethdev per ethernet port
net/nfb: add vdev as alternative device probe method
net/nfb: add device argument "port" to limit used ports
net/nfb: init only MACs associated with device
net/nfb: add compatible cards to driver PCI ID table
net/nfb: report firmware version
doc/nfb: cleanup and update guide

doc/guides/nics/features/nfb.ini | 4 +
doc/guides/nics/nfb.rst | 187 +++++------
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_26_03.rst | 6 +
drivers/net/nfb/meson.build | 1 +
drivers/net/nfb/nfb.h | 56 +++-
drivers/net/nfb/nfb_ethdev.c | 445 +++++++++++++++++++------
drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rx.c | 30 +-
drivers/net/nfb/nfb_rx.h | 9 +-
drivers/net/nfb/nfb_tx.c | 27 +-
drivers/net/nfb/nfb_tx.h | 7 +-
drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c | 107 ++++++
11 files changed, 622 insertions(+), 257 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/net/nfb/nfb_vdev.c

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