[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: add VEB switching support for i40e

[Zhe Tao]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 01:17:41PM +0800, Wu, Jingjing wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Zhe Tao
> > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:50 PM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: add VEB switching support for i40e
> > 
> > VEB switching feature for i40e is used to enable the switching between the
> >  VSIs connect to the virtual bridge. The old implementation is setting the
> >  virtual bridge mode as VEPA which is port aggregation. Enable the switching
> >  ability by setting the loop back mode for the specific VSIs which connect to PF
> >  or VFs.
> 
> As I know, there is a known issue about the veb switch on older NVM version.
> I would be better to add a NVM version verification, if version > xx.xx, then enable it?
> 
> Thanks
> Jingjing
> 
Great suggestion, i will add the check for it!
Thanks
Zhe Tao
> > Signed-off-by: Zhe Tao <zhe.tao at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >  1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >