From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Geetha sowjanya <gakula@marvell.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
kuba@kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, pabeni@redhat.com,
edumazet@google.com, sgoutham@marvell.com, sbhatta@marvell.com,
hkelam@marvell.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v7 05/10] octeontx2-af: Add packet path between representor and VF
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 11:50:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240701105049.GT17134@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240628133517.8591-6-gakula@marvell.com>
On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 07:05:12PM +0530, Geetha sowjanya wrote:
> Current HW, do not support in-built switch which will forward pkts
> between representee and representor. When representor is put under
> a bridge and pkts needs to be sent to representee, then pkts from
> representor are sent on a HW internal loopback channel, which again
> will be punted to ingress pkt parser. Now the rules that this patch
> installs are the MCAM filters/rules which will match against these
> pkts and forward them to representee.
> The rules that this patch installs are for basic
> representor <=> representee path similar to Tun/TAP between VM and
> Host.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geetha sowjanya <gakula@marvell.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-01 10:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-06-28 13:35 [net-next PATCH v7 00/10] Introduce RVU representors Geetha sowjanya
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 01/10] octeontx2-pf: Refactoring RVU driver Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-01 10:49 ` Simon Horman
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 02/10] octeontx2-pf: RVU representor driver Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-01 10:49 ` Simon Horman
2024-07-03 17:33 ` William Tu
2024-07-04 9:33 ` [EXTERNAL] " Geethasowjanya Akula
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 03/10] octeontx2-pf: Create representor netdev Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-01 10:50 ` Simon Horman
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 04/10] octeontx2-pf: Add basic net_device_ops Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-01 10:50 ` Simon Horman
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 05/10] octeontx2-af: Add packet path between representor and VF Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-01 10:50 ` Simon Horman [this message]
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 06/10] octeontx2-pf: Get VF stats via representor Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-02 3:13 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-07-02 6:41 ` [EXTERNAL] " Geethasowjanya Akula
2024-07-02 13:56 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-07-03 9:08 ` Geethasowjanya Akula
2024-07-03 18:33 ` Jakub Kicinski
2024-07-04 9:39 ` Geethasowjanya Akula
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 07/10] octeontx2-pf: Add support to sync link state between representor and VFs Geetha sowjanya
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 08/10] octeontx2-pf: Configure VF mtu via representor Geetha sowjanya
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 09/10] octeontx2-pf: Add representors for sdp MAC Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-01 10:51 ` Simon Horman
2024-06-28 13:35 ` [net-next PATCH v7 10/10] octeontx2-pf: Add devlink port support Geetha sowjanya
2024-07-02 3:12 ` [net-next PATCH v7 00/10] Introduce RVU representors Jakub Kicinski
2024-07-03 9:10 ` [EXTERNAL] " Geethasowjanya Akula
2024-07-03 10:44 ` Michal Swiatkowski
2024-07-03 14:34 ` [EXTERNAL] " Geethasowjanya Akula
2024-07-04 7:14 ` Michal Swiatkowski
2024-07-04 13:48 ` Geethasowjanya Akula
2024-07-05 8:34 ` Michal Swiatkowski
2024-07-05 11:12 ` Geethasowjanya Akula
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