netdev - Re: L2 switching in igb

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Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:52:48 -0700
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...taire.com>
Cc:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"Fischer, Anna" <anna.fischer@...com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: L2 switching in igb

On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 3:02 AM, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...taire.com> wrote:
> To have VEPA support another bit has to be programmed... its the one that
> doesn't let the PF to forward a packet to a VF whose source mac matches the
> one in the packet (e.g multicast sender).

The bit I was referring to not setting would handle that.  By
disabling the DTXSWC local loopback bit the PF will not send anything
to the VFs or visa versa.

> Yes, lets do that. I'd like to suggest that a "VF programmable from user
> space" context  will contain a <mac, vlan-id, priority-bits, rate> tuple,
> such that in the absence of vlan tag, the VF driver will "sign" the packet
> (skb) with vlan-id and priority-bits assigned by the admin and the PF NIC
> will mandate that the VF originated traffic will not exceed the rate.

Well whenever I can get to it I will try to add that support.  In the
meantime I believe there is a BOF session covering "Virtual Ethernet
switch enhancements and configuration" at the Linux Plumbers Conf that
will cover some of this so hopefully we can come up with a solid plan
on how to address this.

Thanks,

Alex
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