[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] i40e: add VEB switching support for i40e
Wu, Jingjing
jingjing.wu at intel.com
Fri Feb 19 06:17:41 CET 2016
> -----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
> Signed-off-by: Zhe Tao <zhe.tao at intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
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