From patchwork Tue Nov 8 00:41:57 2022 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: "Denis V. Lunev\" via" X-Patchwork-Id: 13035570 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8D899C43217 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2022 00:43:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osChS-0007Ke-3m; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:42:47 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osChN-0007K2-UW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:42:42 -0500 Received: from szxga01-in.huawei.com ([45.249.212.187]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1osChE-00080G-Pg for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 07 Nov 2022 19:42:41 -0500 Received: from kwepemi100025.china.huawei.com (unknown [172.30.72.54]) by szxga01-in.huawei.com (SkyGuard) with ESMTP id 4N5q2w67YgzpVmN; Tue, 8 Nov 2022 08:38:32 +0800 (CST) Received: from DESKTOP-27KDQMV.china.huawei.com (10.174.148.223) by kwepemi100025.china.huawei.com (7.221.188.158) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256) id 15.1.2375.31; Tue, 8 Nov 2022 08:42:11 +0800 To: , , , CC: , , , , , , , Longpeng Subject: [PATCH v8 5/5] docs: Add generic vhost-vdpa device documentation Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2022 08:41:57 +0800 Message-ID: <20221108004157.1112-6-longpeng2@huawei.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.0.windows.1 In-Reply-To: <20221108004157.1112-1-longpeng2@huawei.com> References: <20221108004157.1112-1-longpeng2@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [10.174.148.223] X-ClientProxiedBy: dggems701-chm.china.huawei.com (10.3.19.178) To kwepemi100025.china.huawei.com (7.221.188.158) X-CFilter-Loop: Reflected Received-SPF: pass client-ip=45.249.212.187; envelope-from=longpeng2@huawei.com; helo=szxga01-in.huawei.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-to: "Longpeng(Mike)" X-Patchwork-Original-From: "Longpeng(Mike)" via From: "Denis V. Lunev\" via" Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org From: Longpeng Signed-off-by: Longpeng --- docs/system/devices/vhost-vdpa-device.rst | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/system/devices/vhost-vdpa-device.rst diff --git a/docs/system/devices/vhost-vdpa-device.rst b/docs/system/devices/vhost-vdpa-device.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b758c4fce6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/devices/vhost-vdpa-device.rst @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + +========================= +generic vhost-vdpa device +========================= + +This document explains the usage of the generic vhost vdpa device. + +Description +----------- + +vDPA(virtio data path acceleration) device is a device that uses a datapath +which complies with the virtio specifications with vendor specific control +path. + +QEMU provides two types of vhost-vdpa devices to enable the vDPA device, one +is type sensitive which means QEMU needs to know the actual device type +(e.g. net, blk, scsi) and another is called "generic vdpa device" which is +type insensitive (likes vfio-pci). + +Examples +-------- + +Prepare the vhost-vdpa backends first: + +:: + host# ls -l /dev/vhost-vdpa-* + crw------- 1 root root 236, 0 Nov 2 00:49 /dev/vhost-vdpa-0 + +Start QEMU with virtio-mmio bus: + +:: + host# qemu-system \ + -M microvm -m 512 -smp 2 -kernel ... -initrd ... \ + -device vhost-vdpa-device,vhostdev=/dev/vhost-vdpa-0 \ + ... + +Start QEMU with virtio-pci bus: + +:: + host# qemu-system \ + -M pc -m 512 -smp 2 \ + -device vhost-vdpa-device-pci,vhostdev=/dev/vhost-vdpa-0 \ + ...