From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AFB6A055A for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:43:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 654EE1BFAB; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:43:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from dish-sg.nttdocomo.co.jp (dish-sg.nttdocomo.co.jp [202.19.227.74]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 685071BFAB for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:43:38 +0100 (CET) X-dD-Source: Outbound Received: from zssg-mailmd103.ddreams.local (zssg-mailmd900.ddreams.local [10.160.172.63]) by zssg-mailou103.ddreams.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37D391200DB; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:37 +0900 (JST) Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (zssg-mailmf900.ddreams.local [10.160.172.84]) by zssg-mailmd103.ddreams.local (dDREAMS) with ESMTP id <0Q6B0187H4KP5J40@dDREAMS>; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:37 +0900 (JST) Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F6757E6032; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:37 +0900 (JST) Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E6B78E6055; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:37 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with SMTP id 0D5DC8E6042; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:37 +0900 (JST) X-IMSS-HAND-OFF-DIRECTIVE: localhost:10026 Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CE5F8E6042; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:36 +0900 (JST) Received: from davinci.ntt-tx.co.jp (unknown [10.160.183.139]) by zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (Postfix) with ESMTP; Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:36 +0900 (JST) From: x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp To: ferruh.yigit@intel.com, yasufum.o@gmail.com Cc: spp@dpdk.org Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:43:25 +0900 Message-id: <20200226114335.3865-2-x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.18.0 In-reply-to: <20200226114335.3865-1-x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp> References: <20200226114335.3865-1-x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp> X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 Subject: [spp] [PATCH 01/11] docs: add support for rte_flow X-BeenThere: spp@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Soft Patch Panel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: spp-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "spp" From: Hideyuki Yamashita Packet classification and distribution based on destination MAC address can be done using NIC capability. By doing so, resource consumption of host can be reduced. VLAN tag manipulation(entag/detag) can be done using NIC capability in some NICs. Primary process is enhanced to invoke such hardware capability using DPDK rte_flow APIs and description is added in design section. Signed-off-by: Hideyuki Yamashita Signed-off-by: Naoki Takada --- docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst b/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst index 35e4bbb..9ad3cc8 100644 --- a/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst +++ b/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ the server process of the sample application. It does not work for packet forwaring without in some usecases, but just provide rings and memory pools for secondary processes. +Primary process supports ``rte_flow`` of DPDK for hardware offloading. +Packet distribution based on dst MAC address and/or VLAN ID +is supported. Entag/detag of VLAN is also supported. Master and Worker Threads ------------------------- -- 2.17.1