From: "Lu, Wenzhuo" <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
To: "Richardson, Bruce" <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: "dev@dpdk.org" <dev@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 01:05:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6A0DE07E22DDAD4C9103DF62FEBC090903427064@shsmsx102.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160202120329.GA22024@bricha3-MOBL3>
Hi Bruce,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richardson, Bruce
> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 8:03 PM
> To: Lu, Wenzhuo
> Cc: dev@dpdk.org
> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config
>
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 02:57:00PM +0800, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> > Add functions to support l2 tunnel configuration.
> > The support includes ether type modification and the tunnel support
> > enabling/disabling.
> > Ether type modification means modifying the ether type of a specific
> > type of tunnel. So the packet with this ether type will be parsed as
> > this type of tunnel.
> > Enabling/disabling a tunnel support means enabling/disabling the
> > ability of parsing the specific type of tunnel. This ability should be
> > enabled before we enable filtering, forwarding, offloading for this
> > specific type of tunnel.
> > Only support e-tag tunnel now.
> >
> > E-tag introduction,
> > E-tag means external tag which is defined in IEEEE 802.1BR
> > specification.
> > E-tag is a kind of l2 tunnel. It means a tag will be inserted in the
> > l2 header. Like below,
> > |31 24|23 16|15 8|7 0|
> > 0| Destination MAC address |
> > 4| Dest MAC address(cont.) | Src MAC address |
> > 8| Source MAC address(cont.) |
> > 12| E-tag Etherenet type (0x893f) | E-tag header |
> > 16| E-tag header(cont.) |
> > 20| VLAN Ethertype(optional) | VLAN header(optional) |
> > 24| Original type | ...... |
> > ...| ...... |
> > The E-tag format is like below,
> > |0 15|16 18|19 |20 31|
> > | Ethertype - 0x893f | E-PCP |DEI| Ingress E-CID_base |
> >
> > |32 33|34 35|36 47|48 55 |56 63|
> > | RSV | GRP |E-CID_base|Ingress_E-CID_ext| E-CID_ext |
> >
> > The Ingess_E-CID_ext and E-CID_ext are always zero for endpoints and
> > are effectively reserved.
> >
> > The more details of E-tag is in IEEE 802.1BR. 802.1BR is used to
> > replace 802.1Qbh. 802.1BR is a standard for Bridge Port Extension.
> > It specifies the operation of Bridge Port Extenders, including
> > management, protocols, and algorithms. Bridge Port Extenders operate
> > in support of the MAC Service by Extended Bridges.
> > The E-tag is added to l2 header to identify the VM channel and the
> > virtual port.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
>
> Your introduction to e-tag needs to be in patch 1 rather than 2, and in the cover
> letter, since both those earlier mails reference it.
> Furthermore, it would be better if you could link to a web description of the e-
> tag rather than try and explain it all in a commit message. Diagrams also work
> better on a web-page.
O, my bad. I thought the patch 1 doesn't have something to do with E-tag directly.
But I do mention E-tag in the patch V1.
Thanks for the comments. I'll create a V3.
>
> /Bruce
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2016-01-29 7:03 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/8] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/8] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/8] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/8] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/8] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/8] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/8] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29 7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/8] doc: add release note for E-tag Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-01 16:15 ` Mcnamara, John
2016-01-29 7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Qiu, Michael
2016-02-01 1:04 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-01 1:39 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-01 1:56 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-01 2:06 ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-01 3:00 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-01 8:31 ` Qiu, Michael
2016-02-02 1:24 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-02 6:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 6:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 6:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 12:03 ` Bruce Richardson
2016-02-03 1:05 ` Lu, Wenzhuo [this message]
2016-02-03 3:36 ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-02-03 8:08 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-02 6:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 6:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 6:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 6:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 6:57 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-12 13:50 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2016-02-15 1:21 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-15 9:39 ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16 8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04 1:47 ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04 3:17 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04 1:47 ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04 3:31 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-07 2:04 ` He, Shaopeng
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04 1:46 ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04 3:15 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-18 2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04 1:46 ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04 3:11 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-04 9:23 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Liu, Yong
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07 3:29 ` Wu, Jingjing
2016-03-07 5:29 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07 2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08 6:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08 6:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/5] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08 6:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/5] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel operations Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 0:14 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-09 1:15 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-09 9:27 ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-10 0:54 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-08 6:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/5] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08 6:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08 6:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08 8:08 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Wu, Jingjing
2016-03-09 7:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 7:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 7:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/5] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel operations Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 7:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/5] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 7:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 7:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 10:07 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-10 0:44 ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-11 1:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11 1:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/5] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11 1:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/5] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel operations Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11 1:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/5] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11 1:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11 1:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11 22:27 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Thomas Monjalon
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