From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ferruh Yigit Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] configurable max queue number per VF Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:26:56 -0800 Message-ID: <64738c4e-473f-6b6f-3080-81c4fb765c2e@intel.com> References: <1501529240-64181-1-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Wenzhuo Lu , dev@dpdk.org Return-path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA6081B30C for ; Fri, 22 Dec 2017 03:26:57 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1501529240-64181-1-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> Content-Language: en-US List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On 7/31/2017 12:27 PM, Wenzhuo Lu wrote: > Currently, on i40e, the max queue number per VF is set by a macro. > It means the value is decided when compiling. It's not friendly to > the users. Because every time the users want to change the value, > the code need to be re-compiled. > > The reason of using a macro for the max queue number is that the > number is needed at the very early stage. At this stage, we haven't > got the device configuration yet. > There's a simple idea to replace the macro by a global varialbe. > Then the users can set the value without compiling the code again > and again. > > This patch set implements this idea and is an example to show how > to use it. > > Wenzhuo Lu (3): > librte_ether: VF max queue number setting > net/i40e: max VF queue number setting > app/testpmd: a parameter to set max queue per VF RFC seems superseded by https://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/31996/, updating status of set as superseded.