netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] cls_flower hardware offload support

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Message-ID: <56D5CED2.4080708@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:18:10 -0800
From:	John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:	Amir Vadai <amir@...ai.me>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>,
	Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
	Hadar Har-Zion <hadarh@...lanox.com>,
	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] cls_flower hardware offload support

On 16-03-01 06:24 AM, Amir Vadai wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> This patchset introduces cls_flower hardware offload support over ConnectX-4
> driver, more hardware vendors are welcome to use it too.
> 
> This patchset is based on John's infrastructure for tc offloading [2] to add
> hardware offload support to the flower filter. It also extends the support to
> an additional tc action - skbedit mark operation.
> NIC driver that was used is ConnectX-4. Feature is off by default and could be
> turned on using ethtool.
> 
> Some commands to use this code:
> 

This series depends on these patches still under review,

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/589150/
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/589151/
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/589152/

Just a heads up for DaveM there is an ordering requirement here.

Thanks,
John