From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 58666847C; Mon, 1 Jul 2024 10:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1719831053; cv=none; b=p+4Bl68Kt2naUcl4hG1+NiMIZ+RSCHII2xcoO3h2vn1nMt0xWX8N6qbXoQURArQP0Fx8hgZyB52O03y9s5b3JB3PG8NXPVMJtB1fLMAolyrntWQpSRjV+9dhqhNzvq92ygO7X3/8kKmjPKM8GJ3CMlarkIsKcsmZz32F0fw4oqw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1719831053; c=relaxed/simple; bh=5d/pnoiUBPFukw6fNzHxyl7oNa7Flp+dnG4RXp74PxE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=R9RzH6ltLc3CRJ++ofg/bMyCQGwgejJZ7dI1LLGbFNUQjHzrMrInLZglgowH53vrdupPs5OT6fgEFBYfuV1rHyofSJsIujoVcTbx125UQx+EHkI6xPDPZG2XDP9r0WlQ0BQm6JL5t6VZncPnzswt4UQLlOMd4I8uEv2csAe3ib8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=CJNYJSbg; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="CJNYJSbg" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 262D7C116B1; Mon, 1 Jul 2024 10:50:50 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1719831053; bh=5d/pnoiUBPFukw6fNzHxyl7oNa7Flp+dnG4RXp74PxE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=CJNYJSbgQXQQsFEyE8EAjJTklMt9RlCsPYGSIEYAlf0aixcCOcqH9IPmEbP/VEkM4 FmOSK5RO0ZLWMR/cATcT/3cy+Noo9JSzeWaJFW0d46DQ/1aC/60TnPZsgeGdMnXFXM lSwjh68c5KyVclgaCJCRGKbJJn7jl7/3OYbc8j7/z/AgNqdrxKqxv+KMhn6ghlkCKf OcCkunmxyEeu6hhpXm74iFgFAoP+CjuPUDHv/azIUpnjJPHga5Xl6nB7r+GQSKUmh+ hdbPKMp6J6MkXeqwVgUMOuRZSyjUI23qPaIMO/8RQlPxILowLkGAu4XB9HUwnD2BEx wf2yF744LUTYg== Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2024 11:50:49 +0100 From: Simon Horman To: Geetha sowjanya 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 Message-ID: <20240701105049.GT17134@kernel.org> References: <20240628133517.8591-1-gakula@marvell.com> <20240628133517.8591-6-gakula@marvell.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 Reviewed-by: Simon Horman