linux_dsm_epyc7002/include/linux/mlx5
Saeed Mahameed 073bb189a4 net/mlx5: Introducing E-Switch and l2 table
E-Switch is the software entity that represents and manages ConnectX4
inter-HCA ethernet l2 switching.

E-Switch has its own Virtual Ports, each Vport/vNIC/VF can be
connected to the device through a vport of an e-switch.

Each e-switch is managed by one vNIC identified by
HCA_CAP.vport_group_manager (usually it is the PF/vport[0]),
and its main responsibility is to forward each packet to the
right vport.

e-Switch needs to manage its own l2-table and FDB tables.

L2 table is a flow table that is managed by FW, it is needed for
Multi-host (Multi PF) configuration for inter HCA switching between
PFs.

FDB table is a flow table that is totally managed by e-Switch driver,
its main responsibility is to switch packets between e-Swtich internal
vports and uplink vport that belong to the same.

This patch introduces only e-Swtich l2 table management, FDB managemnt
will come later when ethernet SRIOV/VFs will be enabled.

preperation for ethernet sriov and l2 table management.

Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-12-03 12:08:46 -05:00
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cmd.h net/mlx5_core: Fix Mellanox copyright note 2015-04-02 16:33:42 -04:00
cq.h net/mlx5_core: Modify CQ moderation parameters 2015-05-30 18:23:59 -07:00
device.h net/mlx5: Introducing E-Switch and l2 table 2015-12-03 12:08:46 -05:00
doorbell.h net/mlx5_core: Fix Mellanox copyright note 2015-04-02 16:33:42 -04:00
driver.h net/mlx5: Introducing E-Switch and l2 table 2015-12-03 12:08:46 -05:00
flow_table.h net/mlx5: Ethernet resource handling files 2015-05-30 18:24:39 -07:00
mlx5_ifc.h net/mlx5: Introduce access functions to modify/query vport vlans 2015-12-03 12:08:45 -05:00
qp.h net/mlx5_core: HW data structs/types definitions cleanup 2015-05-30 18:23:11 -07:00
srq.h net/mlx5_core: Fix Mellanox copyright note 2015-04-02 16:33:42 -04:00
vport.h net/mlx5: Introduce access functions to modify/query vport vlans 2015-12-03 12:08:45 -05:00