From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm0-f43.google.com (mail-wm0-f43.google.com [74.125.82.43]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61D998EA1 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:17:15 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-wm0-f43.google.com with SMTP id b14so124247597wmb.1 for ; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:17:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=6wind-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:organization:user-agent :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type; bh=k0eu6AL920tax4BUuBdEev4JT/HMqy9tCCfk/F2OLag=; b=dLm7V6MOsFIX5Glpxj895wwrlDM7QXVVyTconACbEOfyh5uTXcHHDUTreKEM1j2Qfe wgQwolTQLLraY/Y6PP7v64cuVaPGYb/MJMv0G3KVvPEOMz8NnTd92wLcldeFzNujO9lD x2dlYLUSNQsNnwjKhE3Fhm7NC+sGGRuLhZnTpELafiU9qD5XRB3hqzJFwUzxuD42KDqN whlKV7CnBIowJqQH+XVADJGaeOXXDJtpwn/h1kCDlNx1jm578y829M2GtpCprNVs5OY2 1n04S9sw6NJhn8B8nq6y1W/k/pYFOrhal5674cZtftZtjeNSn5c4chmS5sVB7bNtUxuQ gENQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:organization :user-agent:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=k0eu6AL920tax4BUuBdEev4JT/HMqy9tCCfk/F2OLag=; b=VNnYrgWoh7DUmatHaVRDNVIuV6/gi2W4x/Caa4lj9P8A3jPf2dkyAsL60rrYmTDYnW JIFtFHRRYN4Y0hUFQYkw0fEw/1IhbwaQFqDqxkGEb7nU1aBpLczFyM2WBCkn7JgeloA7 GKHJjKWMkfktKSh8EpiTIhRiriSfDG/Re7zCwACp4RK96mGrS+VDW5o2xMtR6rsAiBV3 9n+6n7XXj6P1Xh7+0p30Bl+hIHrznBqXtkxkGIS6kVEl8k6xuPj/hI5uv9OgGUw2amli +bl8HyH+QvFAb5bov6yKbF1iIa5WKQGBe5iMKXO4ukudkEvc988J7kImriiHgh2wS4Q7 Ny2A== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YORIBgw7TmftxhcPGjaMxDlK6XwSaav8iQHDz0wqbWSE2TXBDLqhi3yCfxTXVexO3fWX X-Received: by 10.194.77.137 with SMTP id s9mr2195507wjw.171.1453457835247; Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:17:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from xps13.localnet (136-92-190-109.dsl.ovh.fr. [109.190.92.136]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id bg1sm5235504wjc.27.2016.01.22.02.17.14 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 22 Jan 2016 02:17:14 -0800 (PST) From: Thomas Monjalon To: Zhe Tao , john.mcnamara@intel.com Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:16:14 +0100 Message-ID: <1954959.nPV1f2ZDDs@xps13> Organization: 6WIND User-Agent: KMail/4.14.10 (Linux/4.1.6-1-ARCH; KDE/4.14.11; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1453358984-20550-1-git-send-email-zhe.tao@intel.com> References: <1453358984-20550-1-git-send-email-zhe.tao@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: add VEB switching support for i40e X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 10:17:15 -0000 2016-01-21 14:49, Zhe Tao: > VEB switching feature for i40e is used to enable the switching between the > VSIs connect to the virtual bridge. The old implementation is setting the > virtual bridge mode as VEPA which is port aggregation. Enable the switching > ability by setting the loop back mode for the specific VSIs which connect to PF > or VFs. > > Signed-off-by: Zhe Tao Is VEB something specific to i40e? Please explain the acronyms VEB, VSI and VEPA in the commit log or in a doc dedicated to i40e. Having some design explanations in a doc would help to understand the changes and to contribute. Thanks