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From: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S . Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@idosch.org>,
	Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@blackwall.org>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@nvidia.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
	Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>, Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 08/10] docs: bridge: add switchdev doc
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 18:15:45 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231110101548.1900519-9-liuhangbin@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231110101548.1900519-1-liuhangbin@gmail.com>

Add switchdev part for bridge document.

Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/bridge.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst b/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
index 1fe645c9543d..4ff1e4ab6dd5 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bridge.rst
@@ -219,6 +219,24 @@ which is disabled by default but can be enabled. And `Multicast Router Discovery
 <https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20190121062628.2710-1-linus.luessing@c0d3.blue/>`_,
 which help identify the location of multicast routers.
 
+Switchdev
+=========
+
+Linux Bridge Switchdev is a feature in the Linux kernel that extends the
+capabilities of the traditional Linux bridge to work more efficiently with
+hardware switches that support switchdev. With Linux Bridge Switchdev, certain
+networking functions like forwarding, filtering, and learning of Ethernet
+frames can be offloaded to a hardware switch. This offloading reduces the
+burden on the Linux kernel and CPU, leading to improved network performance
+and lower latency.
+
+To use Linux Bridge Switchdev, you need hardware switches that support the
+switchdev interface. This means that the switch hardware needs to have the
+necessary drivers and functionality to work in conjunction with the Linux
+kernel.
+
+Please see the :ref:`switchdev` document for more deatils.
+
 FAQ
 ===
 
-- 
2.41.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-11-10 10:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-10 10:15 [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 00/10] Doc: update bridge doc Hangbin Liu
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 01/10] net: bridge: add document for IFLA_BR enum Hangbin Liu
2023-11-13  9:14   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-13  9:15   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 02/10] net: bridge: add document for IFLA_BRPORT enum Hangbin Liu
2023-11-11 19:02   ` Simon Horman
2023-11-11 19:04     ` Simon Horman
2023-11-13  7:11     ` Hangbin Liu
2023-11-13  9:44   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-15  8:44     ` Hangbin Liu
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 03/10] net: bridge: add document for bridge sysfs attribute Hangbin Liu
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 04/10] docs: bridge: Add kAPI/uAPI fields Hangbin Liu
2023-11-11 19:07   ` Simon Horman
2023-11-13  9:49   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-15  9:13     ` Hangbin Liu
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 05/10] docs: bridge: add STP doc Hangbin Liu
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 06/10] docs: bridge: add VLAN doc Hangbin Liu
2023-11-13  9:54   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-15  9:23     ` Hangbin Liu
2023-11-15  9:47       ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-15  9:55         ` Hangbin Liu
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 07/10] docs: bridge: add multicast doc Hangbin Liu
2023-11-13 10:00   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-10 10:15 ` Hangbin Liu [this message]
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 09/10] docs: bridge: add netfilter doc Hangbin Liu
2023-11-10 10:15 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 10/10] docs: bridge: add small features Hangbin Liu
2023-11-13 10:01   ` Nikolay Aleksandrov
2023-11-13  9:43 ` [RFC PATCHv3 net-next 00/10] Doc: update bridge doc Nikolay Aleksandrov

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