From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon@6wind.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] fm10k: enable FTAG based forwarding
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:05:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160224170514.GA22980@bricha3-MOBL3> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13026611.uCVrZtfrBT@xps13>
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 05:37:45PM +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 2016-02-24 15:42, Bruce Richardson:
> > On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 11:38:47AM +0800, Wang Xiao W wrote:
> > > This patch enables reading sglort info into mbuf for RX and inserting
> > > an FTAG at the beginning of the packet for TX. The vlan_tci_outer field
> > > selected from rte_mbuf structure for sglort is not used in fm10k now.
> > > In FTAG based forwarding mode, the switch will forward packets according
> > > to glort info in FTAG rather than mac and vlan table.
> > >
> > > To activate this feature, user needs to turn ``CONFIG_RTE_LIBRTE_FM10K_FTAG_FWD``
> > > to y in common_linuxapp or common_bsdapp. Currently this feature is supported
> > > only on PF, because FM10K_PFVTCTL register is read-only for VF.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Wang Xiao W <xiao.w.wang@intel.com>
> >
> > Any comments on this patch?
> >
> > My thoughts: is there a way in which this could be done without adding in a new
> > build time config option?
>
> Bruce, it's simpler to explain that build time options are forbidden to
> enable such options.
> Or the terrific kid's approach: one day, the Big Build-Option Eater will come
> and will eat every undecided features! ;)
Good-cop, bad-cop, guess who I'm playing? :-)
/Bruce
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-24 17:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-25 8:07 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-01-25 8:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-02-02 3:07 ` Qiu, Michael
2016-02-02 10:03 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-02-02 10:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-02-02 10:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-02-03 6:52 ` Chen, Jing D
2016-02-04 2:39 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-02-04 3:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-02-04 3:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-02-24 15:42 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-02-24 16:37 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-02-24 17:05 ` Bruce Richardson [this message]
2016-02-25 10:04 ` Chen, Jing D
2016-02-25 13:35 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-02-25 15:45 ` Chen, Jing D
2016-02-25 16:14 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-02-26 4:31 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-02-26 9:06 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-02-26 9:24 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-02-26 14:48 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-02-26 15:00 ` David Marchand
2016-02-26 16:33 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-02-29 1:47 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-02-26 20:48 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-01 5:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-03-01 5:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/3] " Wang Xiao W
2016-03-01 7:35 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-01 11:06 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-03-01 22:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-03-02 6:05 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-03-02 13:47 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-02 11:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/2] " Wang Xiao W
2016-03-02 11:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/2] " Wang Xiao W
2016-03-10 16:32 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-03-02 11:19 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/2] doc: add introduction for fm10k " Wang Xiao W
2016-03-08 7:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/2] fm10k: enable " Liu, Yong
2016-03-10 3:34 ` Wang, Xiao W
2016-03-10 16:40 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-03-01 5:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/3] doc: add introduction for fm10k " Wang Xiao W
2016-03-01 5:36 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/3] doc: update release note for fm10k FTAG support Wang Xiao W
2016-02-04 3:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/3] doc: add introduction for fm10k FTAG based forwarding Wang Xiao W
2016-02-22 14:06 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-02-04 3:38 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/3] doc: update release note for fm10k FTAG support Wang Xiao W
2016-02-22 13:51 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-02-04 9:47 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 0/3] fm10k: enable FTAG based forwarding Chen, Jing D
2016-02-02 10:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/3] doc: add introduction for fm10k " Wang Xiao W
2016-02-02 10:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: update release note for fm10k FTAG support Wang Xiao W
2016-01-25 8:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] doc: add introduction for fm10k FTAG based forwarding Wang Xiao W
2016-01-25 8:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/3] doc: update release note for fm10k FTAG support Wang Xiao W
2016-02-01 16:20 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-01-26 6:01 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/3] fm10k: enable FTAG based forwarding Liu, Yong
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