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authorCindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>2020-07-01 22:55:37 +0800
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2020-07-07 07:59:51 -0400
commit108a64818e69be0a97cde3838d768f2d9910c08b (patch)
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vhost-vdpa: introduce vhost-vdpa backend
Currently we have 2 types of vhost backends in QEMU: vhost kernel and
vhost-user. The above patch provides a generic device for vDPA purpose,
this vDPA device exposes to user space a non-vendor-specific configuration
interface for setting up a vhost HW accelerator, this patch set introduces
a third vhost backend called vhost-vdpa based on the vDPA interface.

Vhost-vdpa usage:

qemu-system-x86_64 -cpu host -enable-kvm \
    ......
    -netdev type=vhost-vdpa,vhostdev=/dev/vhost-vdpa-id,id=vhost-vdpa0 \
    -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=vhost-vdpa0,page-per-vq=on \

Signed-off-by: Lingshan zhu <lingshan.zhu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tiwei Bie <tiwei.bie@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Cindy Lu <lulu@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20200701145538.22333-14-lulu@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 196f468786..fa1b19de4c 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -2419,6 +2419,10 @@ DEF("netdev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_netdev,
     "-netdev vhost-user,id=str,chardev=dev[,vhostforce=on|off]\n"
     "                configure a vhost-user network, backed by a chardev 'dev'\n"
 #endif
+#ifdef __linux__
+    "-netdev vhost-vdpa,id=str,vhostdev=/path/to/dev\n"
+    "                configure a vhost-vdpa network,Establish a vhost-vdpa netdev\n"
+#endif
     "-netdev hubport,id=str,hubid=n[,netdev=nd]\n"
     "                configure a hub port on the hub with ID 'n'\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 DEF("nic", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_nic,
@@ -2897,6 +2901,14 @@ SRST
              -netdev type=vhost-user,id=net0,chardev=chr0 \
              -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0
 
+``-netdev vhost-vdpa,vhostdev=/path/to/dev``
+    Establish a vhost-vdpa netdev.
+
+    vDPA device is a device that uses a datapath which complies with
+    the virtio specifications with a vendor specific control path.
+    vDPA devices can be both physically located on the hardware or
+    emulated by software.
+
 ``-netdev hubport,id=id,hubid=hubid[,netdev=nd]``
     Create a hub port on the emulated hub with ID hubid.