netdev - Re: [RFC net-next 9/9] net/mlx5e: Flow steering support through switchdev

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Message-ID: <CAJ3xEMhvx+JR43VvQnBpeJcV8d-j5TN48nmkJyJ9OUEW=Z9k5w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 1 Feb 2016 23:45:07 +0200
From:	Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
To:	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@....mellanox.co.il>
Cc:	Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Hadar Har-Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC net-next 9/9] net/mlx5e: Flow steering support through switchdev

On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Saeed Mahameed
<saeedm@....mellanox.co.il> wrote:

[...]

> in case it is, please consider using the vport_manager capability or
> any other device capability meant for this,
> to initialize and activate mlx5e_switchdev.
>
> After all such offload might not be supported in some devices. e.g VF.

This offloading should be working on VFs too, we're offloading into HW
12-tuple classification to flow-tags and drops.