1. 28 Feb, 2018 1 commit
    • David S. Miller's avatar
      Merge tag 'mlx5-updates-2018-02-23' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mellanox/linux · fb66cb07
      David S. Miller authored
      Saeed Mahameed says:
      
      mlx5-update-2018-02-23 (IB representors)
      
      From: Mark Bloch <markb@mellanox.com>
      =========
      Add IB representor when in switchdev mode
      
      The following series adds support for an IB (RAW Ethernet only) device
      representor which is created when the user switches to switchdev mode.
      
      Today when switching to switchdev mode the only representors which are
      created are net devices. Each netdev is a representor of a virtual
      function and any data sent via the representor is received on the virtual
      function, and any data sent via the virtual function is received by the
      representor.
      
      For the mlx5 driver the main use of this functionality is to be able to
      use Open vSwitch on the hypervisor in order to manage/control traffic
      from/to the virtual functions. Open vSwitch can also work with  DPDK
      devices and not just net devices, this series exposes an IB device, which
      Mellanox PMD driver uses, which then can be used by Open vSwitch DPDK.
      
      An IB device representor exposes only RAW Ethernet QP capabilities and
      the ability to create flow rules to direct traffic to its RX queues. The
      state of the IB device (ACTIVE/DOWN etc..) is based on the state of the
      corresponding net device representor. No other RDMA/RoCE functionality is
      currently supported and no GID table is exposed.
      =========
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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