From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com>
To: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com>
Cc: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@mojatatu.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
nhorman@redhat.com,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
john fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>,
matthew.vick@intel.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com,
sassmann@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 00/29] Add support for the Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch Host Interface
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:22:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <541C7475.8050800@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAADnVQKuzQ82HgMXaKcjxZXwGXB6FchhC536u=KfnBLP3+U-Gw@mail.gmail.com>
On 09/19/2014 09:58 AM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Alexander Duyck
> <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> Since the switch can support up to 9 of these we are treating the host
>> interface driver as though it is a NIC driver. We need to usually ship
>
> Am I reading it right that 9 hosts can be attached to this one physical device
> and they see it as different 'physical' nics ?
>
No, there are up to 9 independent host interfaces that are attached to
the switch. Each host device shows up as a separate PCI device capable
of SR-IOV. If SR-IOV is enabled with 64 VFs then one Host interface
will appear as 1 PF PCI device, and 64 VF PCI devices.
Thanks,
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-19 18:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-18 22:35 [net-next PATCH 00/29] Add support for the Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch Host Interface Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:35 ` [net-next PATCH 01/29] fm10k: Add skeletal frame for Intel(R) FM10000 Ethernet Switch Host Interface Driver Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:35 ` [net-next PATCH 02/29] fm10k: Add register defines and basic structures Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:36 ` [net-next PATCH 03/29] fm10k: Add support for TLV message parsing and generation Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:36 ` [net-next PATCH 04/29] fm10k: Add support for basic interaction with hardware Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:36 ` [net-next PATCH 05/29] fm10k: Add support for mailbox Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:36 ` [net-next PATCH 06/29] fm10k: Implement PF <-> SM mailbox operations Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:36 ` [net-next PATCH 07/29] fm10k: Add support for PF Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:36 ` [net-next PATCH 08/29] fm10k: Add support for configuring PF interface Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:36 ` [net-next PATCH 09/29] fm10k: Add netdev Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:37 ` [net-next PATCH 10/29] fm10k: Add support for L2 filtering Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:37 ` [net-next PATCH 11/29] fm10k: Add support for ndo_open/stop Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:37 ` [net-next PATCH 12/29] fm10k: Add interrupt support Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:37 ` [net-next PATCH 13/29] fm10k: add support for Tx/Rx rings Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:37 ` [net-next PATCH 14/29] fm10k: Add service task to handle delayed events Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:37 ` [net-next PATCH 15/29] fm10k: Add Tx/Rx hardware ring bring-up/tear-down Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:38 ` [net-next PATCH 16/29] fm10k: Add transmit and receive fastpath and interrupt handlers Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:38 ` [net-next PATCH 17/29] fm10k: Add ethtool support Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:38 ` [net-next PATCH 18/29] fm10k: Add support for PCI power management and error handling Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:38 ` [net-next PATCH 19/29] fm10k: Add support for multiple queues Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:38 ` [net-next PATCH 20/29] fm10k: Add support for netdev offloads Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:39 ` [net-next PATCH 21/29] fm10k: Add support for MACVLAN acceleration Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:39 ` [net-next PATCH 22/29] fm10k: Add support for PF <-> VF mailbox Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:39 ` [net-next PATCH 23/29] fm10k: Add support for VF Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:39 ` [net-next PATCH 24/29] fm10k: Add support for SR-IOV to PF core files Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:39 ` [net-next PATCH 25/29] fm10k: Add support for SR-IOV to driver Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:40 ` [net-next PATCH 26/29] fm10k: Add support for IEEE DCBx Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:40 ` [net-next PATCH 27/29] fm10k: Add support for debugfs Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:40 ` [net-next PATCH 28/29] fm10k: Add support for ptp to hw specific files Alexander Duyck
2014-09-19 7:38 ` Richard Cochran
2014-09-19 14:36 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-19 15:19 ` Richard Cochran
2014-09-19 15:34 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-18 22:40 ` [net-next PATCH 29/29] fm10k: Add support for PTP Alexander Duyck
2014-09-19 17:35 ` Richard Cochran
2014-09-19 18:32 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-20 21:07 ` Richard Cochran
2014-09-20 21:37 ` Joe Perches
2014-09-20 21:16 ` Richard Cochran
2014-09-20 23:36 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-22 11:03 ` David Laight
2014-09-22 14:21 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-19 7:55 ` [net-next PATCH 00/29] Add support for the Intel FM10000 Ethernet Switch Host Interface Jiri Pirko
2014-09-19 14:43 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-19 10:57 ` Jamal Hadi Salim
2014-09-19 14:54 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-19 16:58 ` Alexei Starovoitov
2014-09-19 18:22 ` Alexander Duyck [this message]
2014-09-19 23:52 ` Alexander Duyck
2014-09-20 2:03 ` David Miller
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