If the netvsc driver starts in blacklist mode, it does not
automatically probe IP associated netvsc devices. Therefore, the only
way to probe them is to specify them by the EAL command line, using the
"force" parameter to skip the IP check in the driver.
>From now on, the user does not need to add the "force" parameter if he
specifies an IP associated netvsc device by the EAL command line, and the
responsibility of the IP check is now in the user's hands.
However, in the absence of any specification, the driver still skips IP
associated netvsc devices.
Cc: stable@dpdk.org
Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
Aligning Mellanox SPDX copyrights to a single format.
In addition replace to SPDX licence files which were missed.
Signed-off-by: Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Using DPDK in Hyper-V VM systems requires vdev_netvsc driver to pair
the NetVSC netdev device with the same MAC address PCI device by
fail-safe PMD.
Add vdev_netvsc custom scan in vdev bus to allow automatic probing in
Hyper-V VM systems unless it was already specified by command line.
Add "ignore" parameter to disable this auto-detection.
Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
This parameter allows specifying any non-NetVSC interface or routed
NetVSC interfaces to use with tap sub-devices for development purposes.
Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
NetVSC netdevices which are already routed should not be probed because
they are used for management purposes by the HyperV.
prevent routed netvsc devices probing.
Signed-off-by: Raslan Darawsheh <rasland@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
As described in more details in the attached documentation (see patch
contents), this virtual device driver manages NetVSC interfaces in virtual
machines hosted by Hyper-V/Azure platforms.
This driver does not manage traffic nor Ethernet devices directly; it acts
as a thin configuration layer that automatically instantiates and controls
fail-safe PMD instances combining tap and PCI sub-devices, so that each
NetVSC interface is exposed as a single consolidated port to DPDK
applications.
PCI sub-devices being hot-pluggable (e.g. during VM migration),
applications automatically benefit from increased throughput when present
and automatic fallback on NetVSC otherwise without interruption thanks to
fail-safe's hot-plug handling.
Once initialized, the sole job of the vdev_netvsc driver is to regularly
scan for PCI devices to associate with NetVSC interfaces and feed their
addresses to corresponding fail-safe instances.
Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
This patch lays the groundwork for this driver (draft documentation,
copyright notices, code base skeleton and build system hooks). While it can
be successfully compiled and invoked, it's an empty shell at this stage.
Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Matan Azrad <matan@mellanox.com>
