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| author | Robin Jarry <rjarry@redhat.com> | 2022-04-27 10:15:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org> | 2022-11-02 16:46:00 +0100 |
| commit | 97873af3734a9300f5eb29f664513edc839cf88a (patch) | |
| tree | 89f249a36a904def16c6a25dfcd3f391380a736e /Documentation | |
| parent | ffcb6f115fe5e00be3ca8fb9a940a3224e687e23 (diff) | |
| download | openvswitch-97873af3734a9300f5eb29f664513edc839cf88a.tar.gz | |
Documentation: Use new syntax for dpdk port representors.
Since DPDK 21.05, the representor identifier now handles a relative VF
offset. The legacy representor ID seems only valid in certain cases
(first dpdk port).
Link: https://github.com/DPDK/dpdk/commit/cebf7f17159a8
Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry <rjarry@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maximets@ovn.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/topics/dpdk/phy.rst | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/phy.rst b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/phy.rst index 937f4c40e..8fc34a378 100644 --- a/Documentation/topics/dpdk/phy.rst +++ b/Documentation/topics/dpdk/phy.rst @@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Representors are multi devices created on top of one PF. For more information, refer to the `DPDK documentation`__. -__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-21.11/prog_guide/switch_representation.html +__ https://doc.dpdk.org/guides-21.11/prog_guide/switch_representation.html#port-representors Prior to port representors there was a one-to-one relationship between the PF and the eth device. With port representors the relationship becomes one PF to @@ -287,18 +287,18 @@ address in devargs. For an existing bridge called ``br0`` and PCI address When configuring a VF-based port, DPDK uses an extended devargs syntax which has the following format:: - BDBF,representor=[<representor id>] + BDBF,representor=<representor identifier> This syntax shows that a representor is an enumerated eth device (with -a representor ID) which uses the PF PCI address. -The following commands add representors 3 and 5 using PCI device address +a representor identifier) which uses the PF PCI address. +The following commands add representors of VF 3 and 5 using PCI device address ``0000:08:00.0``:: $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-rep3 -- set Interface dpdk-rep3 type=dpdk \ - options:dpdk-devargs=0000:08:00.0,representor=[3] + options:dpdk-devargs=0000:08:00.0,representor=vf3 $ ovs-vsctl add-port br0 dpdk-rep5 -- set Interface dpdk-rep5 type=dpdk \ - options:dpdk-devargs=0000:08:00.0,representor=[5] + options:dpdk-devargs=0000:08:00.0,representor=vf5 .. important:: |