From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga02.intel.com (mga02.intel.com [134.134.136.20]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F2A71C925 for ; Mon, 14 May 2018 17:42:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga006.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.20]) by orsmga101.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 14 May 2018 08:42:47 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.49,400,1520924400"; d="scan'208";a="228427890" Received: from awalabdu-mobl.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO [163.33.228.190]) ([163.33.228.190]) by fmsmga006.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 14 May 2018 08:42:46 -0700 To: "Iremonger, Bernard" , "dev@dpdk.org" , "adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com" References: <1526058841-31650-1-git-send-email-mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> <1526058841-31650-3-git-send-email-mohammad.abdul.awal@intel.com> <8CEF83825BEC744B83065625E567D7C24E0CC237@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> From: Mohammad Abdul Awal Message-ID: <4706a44f-0ade-3d5c-6083-09da6dea119e@intel.com> Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 16:42:45 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8CEF83825BEC744B83065625E567D7C24E0CC237@IRSMSX108.ger.corp.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/2] doc/guides: updated testpmd app user guide for vxlan/nvgre encap/decap X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 15:42:48 -0000 On 14/05/2018 11:35, Iremonger, Bernard wrote: > Hi Awal, > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Awal, Mohammad Abdul >> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 6:14 PM >> To: dev@dpdk.org; Iremonger, Bernard ; >> adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com >> Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] doc/guides: updated testpmd app user guide for >> vxlan/nvgre encap/decap >> >> Updated the testpmd user guide documentation with how to used new action > Typo, "used" in line above should be "use". Will fix. > >> types RTE_FLOW_ACTION_VXLAN_ENCAP, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_VXLAN_DECAP, >> RTE_FLOW_ACTION_NVGRE_ENCAP, RTE_FLOW_ACTION_NVGRE_DECAP >> capabilities. >> >> Signed-off-by: Mohammad Abdul Awal >> --- >> doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst | 50 >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) >> >> diff --git a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst >> b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst >> index 542c217..6ee3ff3 100644 >> --- a/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst >> +++ b/doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst >> @@ -3559,6 +3559,56 @@ This section lists supported actions and their >> attributes, if any. >> >> - ``ethertype``: Ethertype. >> >> +- ``vxlan_encap``: encapsulate the inner flow with pattern of headers >> + according to RFC7348. >> + >> + - ``eth_dst {MAC-48}``: outer ether destination. >> + >> + - ``eth_src {MAC-48}``: outer ether source. >> + >> + - ``eth_type {unsigned}``: outer ether type. >> + >> + - ``vlan_tci {unsigned}``: outer vlan tci. >> + >> + - ``ipv4_dst {ipv4 address}``: outer ipv4 destination. >> + >> + - ``ipv4_src {ipv4 address}``: outer ipv4 source. >> + >> + - ``ipv4_proto {unsigned}``: outer ipv4 proto. >> + >> + - ``udp_dst {unsigned}``: outer udp destination. >> + >> + - ``udp_src {unsigned}``: outer udp source. >> + >> + - ``vxlan_vni {unsigned}``: outer vxlan vni. >> + >> + - ``end``: outer vxlan header pattern end. >> + >> +- ``vxlan_decap``: decapsulate the vxlan tunnel flow according to RFC7348. >> + >> +- ``nvgre_encap``: encapsulate the inner flow with pattern of headers >> + according to RFC7637. >> + >> + - ``eth_dst {MAC-48}``: outer ether destination. >> + >> + - ``eth_src {MAC-48}``: outer ether source. >> + >> + - ``eth_type {unsigned}``: outer ether type. >> + >> + - ``vlan_tci {unsigned}``: outer vlan tci. >> + >> + - ``ipv4_dst {ipv4 address}``: outer ipv4 destination. >> + >> + - ``ipv4_src {ipv4 address}``: outer ipv4 source. >> + >> + - ``ipv4_proto {unsigned}``: outer ipv4 proto. >> + >> + - ``nvgre_vsni {unsigned}``: outer nvgre vsni. >> + >> + - ``end``: outer nvgre header pattern end. >> + >> +- ``nvgre_decap``: decapsulate the nvgre tunnel flow according to RFC7637. >> + >> Destroying flow rules >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I see that section 4.14.1 has been updated to document the syntax of the encap and decap actions, which look fine. > However my comment on the v1 patch about adding some sample encap and decap rules has not been addressed. > My understanding is, that it is a two stage process where the tunnel endpoint flow is created first and the encapsulated flow is then created, this is not obvious from the syntax description section. > I think it would be useful to add some sample flows after section 4.12.8 The two stage process may be a PMD implementation specific. Since we do not have any underlying hw yet to exploit the tunnel API, adding a specific example will make user more confused. Using the above description will enable a user to create a flow to take into account nvgre/vxlan encap decap actions. >> -- >> 2.7.4