Re: [dpdk-dev] vhost [query] : support for multiple ports and non VMDQ devices in vhost switch

[Pankaj Chauhan <pankaj.chauhan@nxp.com>]

On 8/24/2016 12:58 PM, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
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> On 08/18/2016 04:35 AM, Tan, Jianfeng wrote:
>> Hi Maxime,
>>
>> On 8/17/2016 7:18 PM, Maxime Coquelin wrote:
>>> Hi Jianfeng,
>>>
>>> On 08/17/2016 04:33 AM, Tan, Jianfeng wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please review below proposal of Pankaj and myself after an offline
>>>> discussion. (Pankaj, please correct me if I'm going somewhere wrong).
>>>>
>>>> a. Remove HW dependent option, --strip-vlan, because different kinds of
>>>> NICs behave differently. It's a bug fix.
>>>> b. Abstract switching logic into a framework, so that we can develop
>>>> different kinds of switching logics. In this phase, we will have two
>>>> switching logics: (1) a simple software-based mac learning switching;
>>>> (2) VMDQ based switching. Any other advanced switching logics can be
>>>> proposed based on this framework.
>>>> c. Merge tep_termination example vxlan as a switching logic of the
>>>> framework.
>>>
>>> I was also thinking of making physical port optional and add MAC
>>> learning,
>>> so this is all good for me.
>>
>> To make it clear, we are not proposing to eliminate physical port,
>> instead, we just eliminate the binding of VMDQ and virtio ports,
>> superseding it with a MAC learning switching.
>>
>>>
>>> Let me know if I can help in implementation, I'll be happy to
>>> contribute.
>>
>> Thank you for participating. Currently, I'm working on item a (will be a
>> quick and simple fix). Pankaj is working on item b (which would be a
>> huge change). Item c is depending on item b. So let's wait RFC patch
>> from Pankaj and see what we can help.
>
> Pankaj, so I organize myself , do you have an idea of when the RFC
> patch will be available?

I am almost finishing the first version of RFC patch set, hoping to send 
it today itself.

Thanks,
Pankaj
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> Thanks,
> Maxime
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