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    "id": 86792,
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    "date": "2021-01-18T11:29:04",
    "name": "[v3,0/9] net/mlx5: support SubFunction representor",
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        "url": "https://patches.dpdk.org/api/people/1904/?format=api",
        "name": "Xueming Li",
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            "date": "2021-01-18T11:29:04",
            "name": "net/mlx5: support SubFunction representor",
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            "from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124])\n\tby inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEC09A0A03;\n\tMon, 18 Jan 2021 12:29:21 +0100 (CET)",
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        ],
        "From": "Xueming Li <xuemingl@nvidia.com>",
        "To": "Viacheslav Ovsiienko <viacheslavo@nvidia.com>",
        "Cc": "dev@dpdk.org, Matan Azrad <matan@nvidia.com>,\n Shahaf Shuler <shahafs@nvidia.com>,\n Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>, xuemingl@nvidia.com,\n Asaf Penso <asafp@nvidia.com>",
        "Date": "Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:29:04 +0000",
        "Message-Id": "<1610969353-31938-1-git-send-email-xuemingl@nvidia.com>",
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        "References": "<1608304614-13908-2-git-send-email-xuemingl@nvidia.com>",
        "Subject": "[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/9] net/mlx5: support SubFunction representor",
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    "content": "SubFunction [1] is a portion of the PCI device, a SF netdev has its own\ndedicated queues(txq, rxq). A SF netdev supports E-Switch representation\noffload similar to existing PF and VF representors. A SF shares PCI\nlevel resources with other SFs and/or with its parent PCI function.\n\nThis patch set introduces SubFunction representor support for mlx5\nPMD driver.\n\nDepends-on: series-14809 (\"support SubFunction representor\")\n\nVersion history:\n RFC:\n \tinitial version [2]\n V2:\n    - support bonding representor probe with new pf#vf# devargs\n    - adapt EAL api V2 [3] changes\n    - update document\n V3:\n    - support list of representor PF section for bonding device:\n      example: representor=pf[0,1]vf[0-3]\n    - add bonding information to shared PMD data\n    - fix setting VF MAC through representor\n    - fix bonding xstats, sum xstats from PF members.\n\n[1] SubFunction in kernel:\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201112192424.2742-1-parav@nvidia.com/\n\n[2] RFC:\nhttp://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=14376\n\n[3] V2:\nhttp://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=14560\n\n[4] EAL part to support SF representor:\nhttp://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=14809\n\n\nXueming Li (9):\n  common/mlx5: update representor name parsing\n  net/mlx5: support representor of sub function\n  net/mlx5: revert setting bonding representor to first PF\n  net/mlx5: refactor bonding representor probe\n  net/mlx5: support representor from multiple PFs\n  net/mlx5: save bonding member ports information\n  net/mlx5: save bonding member ports information\n  net/mlx5: fix setting VF default MAC through representor\n  net/mlx5: improve bonding xstats\n\n doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst                   |  62 +++-\n drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_common_os.c |  32 +-\n drivers/common/mlx5/linux/mlx5_nl.c        |   2 +\n drivers/common/mlx5/mlx5_common.h          |   2 +\n drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_ethdev_os.c    | 136 +++++--\n drivers/net/mlx5/linux/mlx5_os.c           | 399 ++++++++++++++-------\n drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.c                    |  25 +-\n drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5.h                    |  25 +-\n drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_defs.h               |   4 -\n drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_ethdev.c             |  34 +-\n drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_mac.c                |  26 +-\n 11 files changed, 533 insertions(+), 214 deletions(-)"
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