netdev - Re: New commands to configure IOV features

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Message-ID: <4FE9DFB6.5020205@intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:13:42 -0700
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
To:	Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com>
CC:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Greg Rose <gregory.v.rose@...el.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: New commands to configure IOV features

On 06/26/2012 05:21 AM, Yuval Mintz wrote:
> On 05/07/2012 06:16 PM, Greg Rose wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 7 May 2012 14:17:54 +0300
>> Yuval Mintz <yuvalmin@...adcom.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've tried to figure out if there was a standard interface
>>> (ethtool/iproute) through which a user could configure the number
>>> of vfs in his system.
>>>
>>> I've seen the RFC suggested in
>>> http://markmail.org/thread/qblfcv7zbxsxp7q6, and
>>> http://markmail.org/thread/fw54dcppmxuxoe6n, but failed to see any
>>> later references to it (commits or further discussion on this topic).
>>>
>>> How exactly are things standing with these RFCs? Were they abandoned?
>> The only way to configure the number of VFs continues to be through the
>> max_vfs module parameter.  I've got a patch to do it through ethtool
>> sitting on the back burner but due to other requirements of my day job
>> I've not been able to work on it since last fall.
>>
>> - Greg
>
> Hi Ben,
>
> If I want to pick the RFCs and add support for configuring the number of
> VFs - do you think ethtool's the right place for such added support?
>
> I'm asking since as far as I can see, ethtool (today) doesn't contain any
> features related to virtual functions.
>
> Thanks,
> Yuval

I think the issue is that any class of PCI device could theoretically
support SR-IOV.  For example there could be a storage controller out
there that supports spawning VFs, and an ethtool solution wouldn't work
for a device like that.  Personally what I would like to see is a
solution that is more focused on the PCI side of the network adapters
instead of the network side when it comes to enabling VFs.

Thanks,

Alex
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