Re: mlx4 - query regarding PF VF functionality division

[Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Bob Biloxi <iambobbiloxi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Not really, but let's take EIM approach, what's your goal/mission?
> Let's say I am going through code to understand only the PF related
> functionality without bothering about VF, what are the things I need
> to keep in mind.



I see, by the nature of the mlx4 SRIOV architecture under which
there's no dedicated/separated PF vs VF driver, this is indeed a
non-trivial task, need to think how to make it easier for you

Or.


>
> I mean do i need to :
>
> a. Go through all the files in mlx4
> b. If the code is not specifically under mlx4_is_master, I still need
> to understand it because it is also part of PF driver
> c. I can ignore the logic which executes if mlx4_is_master is false,
> because that would be the VF code
>
> Thanks for the help!!
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 5:30 PM, Or Gerlitz <or.gerlitz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Bob Biloxi <iambobbiloxi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > [...]
> >> Is there any way we can clearly separate the files that are used by PF
> >> vs the files that are used by VF in the (drivers/net/ethernet/mlx4
> >> sub-directory)?
> > [...]
> >
> > Not really, but let's take EIM approach, what's your goal/mission?
> >
> > Or.