netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 2/5] liquidio VF vxlan

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Date:   Thu, 8 Dec 2016 22:42:11 +0000
From:   "Vatsavayi, Raghu" <Raghu.Vatsavayi@...ium.com>
To:     Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@...il.com>
CC:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Chickles, Derek" <Derek.Chickles@...ium.com>,
        "Burla, Satananda" <Satananda.Burla@...ium.com>,
        "Manlunas, Felix" <Felix.Manlunas@...ium.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 2/5] liquidio VF vxlan



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Or Gerlitz [mailto:gerlitz.or@...il.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2016 1:08 PM
> To: Vatsavayi, Raghu
> Cc: David Miller; Linux Netdev List; Vatsavayi, Raghu; Chickles, Derek; Burla,
> Satananda; Manlunas, Felix
> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/5] liquidio VF vxlan
> 
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:00 PM, Raghu Vatsavayi
> <rvatsavayi@...iumnetworks.com> wrote:
> 
> > Adds VF vxlan offload support.
> 
> What's the use case for that? a VM running a VTEP, isn't that part needs to
> run @ the host?
> 
> Or.

Our HW can support offloads for VF which is required if we load it on Hypervisor.
Thanks.