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[PATCH requirements v5 0/7] virtio net requirements for 1.4

From: David Edmondson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:46:00 -0000

On Friday, 2023-08-18 at 07:35:57 +03, Parav Pandit wrote: > Add header data split requirements for the receive packets. > > Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]> Acked-by: David Edmondson <[email protected]> > --- > net-workstream/features-1.4.md | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/net-workstream/features-1.4.md b/net-workstream/features-1.4.md > index 31aa587..7a56fa8 100644 > --- a/net-workstream/features-1.4.md > +++ b/net-workstream/features-1.4.md > @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ together is desired while updating the virtio net interface. > 3. Virtqueue notification coalescing re-arming support > 4 Virtqueue receive flow filters (RFF) > 5. Device timestamp for tx and rx packets > +6. Header data split for the receive virtqueue > > # 3. Requirements > ## 3.1 Device counters > @@ -368,3 +369,15 @@ c. If/when virtio switch object is implemented, support ingress/egress flow > point of reception from the network. > 3. The device should provide a receive packet timestamp in a single DMA > transaction along with the rest of the receive completion fields. > + > +## 3.6 Header data split for the receive virtqueue > +1. The device should be able to DMA the packet header and data to two different > + memory locations, this enables driver and networking stack to perform zero > + copy to application buffer(s). > +2. The driver should be able to configure maximum header buffer size per > + virtqueue. > +3. The header buffer to be in a physically contiguous memory per virtqueue > +4. The device should be able to indicate header data split in the receive > + completion. > +5. The device should be able to zero pad the header buffer when the received > + header is shorter than cpu cache line size. -- Do I have to tell the story, of a thousand rainy days since we first met?