From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2EDC2C55 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 07:02:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Mar 2016 22:02:41 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.24,310,1455004800"; d="scan'208";a="62616577" Received: from fmsmsx104.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.124.202]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 08 Mar 2016 22:02:42 -0800 Received: from fmsmsx151.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.125.4) by fmsmsx104.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.124.202) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.248.2; Tue, 8 Mar 2016 22:02:42 -0800 Received: from shsmsx151.ccr.corp.intel.com (10.239.6.50) by FMSMSX151.amr.corp.intel.com (10.18.125.4) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.248.2; Tue, 8 Mar 2016 22:02:41 -0800 Received: from shsmsx104.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.5.132]) by SHSMSX151.ccr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.3.18]) with mapi id 14.03.0248.002; Wed, 9 Mar 2016 14:02:39 +0800 From: "Wu, Jingjing" To: "Tao, Zhe" , "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev][PATCH v3] i40e: add VEB switching support for i40e Thread-Index: AQHRecX3O7n/CgeD90G8NIbFgobN7Z9Qntgw Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 06:02:38 +0000 Message-ID: <9BB6961774997848B5B42BEC655768F8DD1251@SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com> References: <1456215037-7255-1-git-send-email-zhe.tao@intel.com> <1457501923-14071-1-git-send-email-zhe.tao@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1457501923-14071-1-git-send-email-zhe.tao@intel.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.239.127.40] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3] 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: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 06:02:43 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Tao, Zhe > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 1:39 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Tao, Zhe; Wu, Jingjing > Subject: [dpdk-dev][PATCH v3] i40e: add VEB switching support for i40e >=20 > VEB switching feature for i40e is used to enable the switching between th= e > VSIs connect to the virtual bridge. The old implementation is setting the > virtual bridge mode as VEPA which is port aggregation. Enable the switchi= ng > ability by setting the loop back mode for the specific VSIs which connect= to PF > or VFs. >=20 > VEB/VSI/VEPA are concepts not specific to the i40e HW, the concepts are > from 802.1qbg spec IEEE EVB tutorial: > http://www.ieee802.org/802_tutorials/2009-11/evb-tutorial-draft- > 20091116_v09.pdf >=20 > VEB: a virtual switch can forward the packet based on the specific match = field. > VSI: a virtual interface connect between the VEB/VEPA and virtual machine= . > VEPA: a virtual Ethernet port aggregator will upstream the packets from V= SI > to the LAN port. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Zhe Tao Acked-by: Jingjing Wu