netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2 0/7] dcb: Support APP, DCBX objects

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Message-ID: <f8cd18dc-b399-9a40-dada-bc6ed5ae0e8a@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 17 Jan 2021 21:13:40 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Petr Machata <me@...chata.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2-next v2 0/7] dcb: Support APP, DCBX objects

On 1/1/21 5:03 PM, Petr Machata wrote:
> Add support to the dcb tool for the following two DCB objects:
> 
> - APP, which allows configuration of traffic prioritization rules based on
>   several possible packet headers.
> 
> - DCBX, which is a 1-byte bitfield of flags that configure whether the DCBX
>   protocol is implemented in the device or in the host, and which version
>   of the protocol should be used.
> 
> Patch #1 adds a new helper for finding a name of a given dsfield value.
> This is useful for APP DSCP-to-priority rules, which can use human-readable
> DSCP names.
> 
> Patches #2, #3 and #4 extend existing interfaces for, respectively, parsing
> of the X:Y mappings, for setting a DCB object, and for getting a DCB
> object.
> 
> In patch #5, support for the command line argument -N / --Numeric is
> added. The APP tool later uses it to decide whether to format DSCP values
> as human-readable strings or as plain numbers.
> 
> Patches #6 and #7 add the subtools themselves and their man pages.
> 

applied to iproute2-next.