From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 006A7A057C for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 05:57:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8E941C029; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 05:57:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from dish-sg.nttdocomo.co.jp (dish-sg.nttdocomo.co.jp [202.19.227.74]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD001BFD9 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 05:57:35 +0100 (CET) X-dD-Source: Outbound Received: from zssg-mailmd106.ddreams.local (zssg-mailmd900.ddreams.local [10.160.172.63]) by zssg-mailou104.ddreams.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7285120106; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (zssg-mailmf900.ddreams.local [10.160.172.84]) by zssg-mailmd106.ddreams.local (dDREAMS) with ESMTP id <0Q7U005KF5RW1I80@dDREAMS>; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (Postfix) with ESMTP id 852537E603B; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C058E605F; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:34 +0900 (JST) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with SMTP id 81F248E6066; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:34 +0900 (JST) X-IMSS-HAND-OFF-DIRECTIVE: localhost:10026 Received: from zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id A82478E6061; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:33 +0900 (JST) Received: from davinci.ntt-tx.co.jp (unknown [10.160.183.139]) by zssg-mailmf106.ddreams.local (Postfix) with ESMTP; Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:33 +0900 (JST) From: x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp To: spp@dpdk.org, ferruh.yigit@intel.com, yasufum.o@gmail.com Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:57:22 +0900 Message-id: <20200327045732.18463-2-x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 In-reply-to: <20200226113521.3787-1-x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp> References: <20200226113521.3787-1-x-fn-spp-ml@ntt-tx.co.jp> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 Subject: [spp] [PATCH v2 01/11] docs: add support for rte_flow X-BeenThere: spp@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Soft Patch Panel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: spp-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "spp" From: Hideyuki Yamashita Packet classification and distribution based on destination MAC address can be done using NIC capability. By doing so, resource consumption of host can be reduced. VLAN tag manipulation(entag/detag) can be done using NIC capability in some NICs. Primary process is enhanced to invoke such hardware capability using DPDK rte_flow APIs and description is added in design section. Signed-off-by: Hideyuki Yamashita Signed-off-by: Naoki Takada --- docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst b/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst index 35e4bbb..9ad3cc8 100644 --- a/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst +++ b/docs/guides/design/spp_primary.rst @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ the server process of the sample application. It does not work for packet forwaring without in some usecases, but just provide rings and memory pools for secondary processes. +Primary process supports ``rte_flow`` of DPDK for hardware offloading. +Packet distribution based on dst MAC address and/or VLAN ID +is supported. Entag/detag of VLAN is also supported. Master and Worker Threads ------------------------- -- 2.17.1