From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>
Cc: ivecera@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
jesse.brandeburg@intel.com, edumazet@google.com,
intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org, horms@kernel.org,
qi.z.zhang@intel.com, anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com,
pabeni@redhat.com, davem@davemloft.net
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 00/15] Introduce the Parser Library
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 12:38:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230907123839.59a10f23@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9d236687-6161-3e1b-f73f-ed9358e47577@intel.com>
On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:08:15 -0500 Samudrala, Sridhar wrote:
> >> This patch set provides a way for applications to send down training
> >> packets & masks (in binary) to the driver. Then these binary data
> >> would be used by the driver to generate certain data that are needed
> >> to create a filter rule in the filtering stage of switch/RSS/FDIR.
> >
> > What's the API for the user? I see a whole bunch of functions added here
> > which never get called.
>
> This link shows an early version of a user of this patch series
> https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20230818064703.154183-1-junfeng.guo@intel.com/
>
> This API is planned to be exposed to VF drivers via virtchnl interface
> to pass raw training packets and masks. The VF using this API can only
> steer RX traffic directed that VF to its own queues.
FWIW I have no idea what a "training packet and mask" is either.
Hopefully next version will come with a _much_ clearer high
level explanation.
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From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
To: "Samudrala, Sridhar" <sridhar.samudrala@intel.com>
Cc: Junfeng Guo <junfeng.guo@intel.com>,
<intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
<anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>, <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>,
<qi.z.zhang@intel.com>, <ivecera@redhat.com>, <horms@kernel.org>,
<edumazet@google.com>, <davem@davemloft.net>, <pabeni@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iwl-next v9 00/15] Introduce the Parser Library
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 12:38:39 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230907123839.59a10f23@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9d236687-6161-3e1b-f73f-ed9358e47577@intel.com>
On Thu, 7 Sep 2023 14:08:15 -0500 Samudrala, Sridhar wrote:
> >> This patch set provides a way for applications to send down training
> >> packets & masks (in binary) to the driver. Then these binary data
> >> would be used by the driver to generate certain data that are needed
> >> to create a filter rule in the filtering stage of switch/RSS/FDIR.
> >
> > What's the API for the user? I see a whole bunch of functions added here
> > which never get called.
>
> This link shows an early version of a user of this patch series
> https://lore.kernel.org/intel-wired-lan/20230818064703.154183-1-junfeng.guo@intel.com/
>
> This API is planned to be exposed to VF drivers via virtchnl interface
> to pass raw training packets and masks. The VF using this API can only
> steer RX traffic directed that VF to its own queues.
FWIW I have no idea what a "training packet and mask" is either.
Hopefully next version will come with a _much_ clearer high
level explanation.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-09-07 19:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-09-04 2:14 [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 00/15] Introduce the Parser Library Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 01/15] ice: add parser create and destroy skeleton Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-06 10:49 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Michal Schmidt
2023-09-06 10:49 ` Michal Schmidt
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 02/15] ice: init imem table for parser Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-06 10:50 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Michal Schmidt
2023-09-06 10:50 ` Michal Schmidt
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 03/15] ice: init metainit " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 04/15] ice: init parse graph cam tables " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 05/15] ice: init boost tcam and label " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 06/15] ice: init ptype marker tcam table " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 07/15] ice: init marker and protocol group tables " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 08/15] ice: init flag redirect table " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 09/15] ice: init XLT key builder " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 10/15] ice: add parser runtime skeleton Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 11/15] ice: add internal help functions Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 12/15] ice: add parser execution main loop Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 13/15] ice: support double vlan mode configure for parser Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 14/15] ice: add tunnel port support " Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 15/15] ice: add API for parser profile initialization Junfeng Guo
2023-09-04 2:14 ` Junfeng Guo
2023-09-05 22:37 ` [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next v9 00/15] Introduce the Parser Library Jakub Kicinski
2023-09-05 22:37 ` Jakub Kicinski
2023-09-05 23:05 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Tom Herbert
2023-09-05 23:05 ` Tom Herbert
2023-09-07 19:10 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Samudrala, Sridhar
2023-09-07 19:10 ` Samudrala, Sridhar
2023-09-09 17:34 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Tom Herbert
2023-09-09 17:34 ` Tom Herbert
2023-09-12 20:37 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Samudrala, Sridhar
2023-09-12 20:37 ` Samudrala, Sridhar
2023-09-07 19:08 ` [Intel-wired-lan] " Samudrala, Sridhar
2023-09-07 19:08 ` Samudrala, Sridhar
2023-09-07 19:38 ` Jakub Kicinski [this message]
2023-09-07 19:38 ` Jakub Kicinski
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