On Wed, Mar 09, 2016 at 06:02:38AM +0000, Wu, Jingjing wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Tao, Zhe > > Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 1:39 PM > > To: dev at dpdk.org > > Cc: Tao, Zhe; Wu, Jingjing > > Subject: [dpdk-dev][PATCH v3] 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. > > > > VEB/VSI/VEPA are concepts not specific to the i40e HW, the concepts are > > from 802.1qbg spec IEEE EVB tutorial: > > http://www.ieee802.org/802_tutorials/2009-11/evb-tutorial-draft- > > 20091116_v09.pdf > > > > VEB: a virtual switch can forward the packet based on the specific match > > field. > > VSI: a virtual interface connect between the VEB/VEPA and virtual machine. > > VEPA: a virtual Ethernet port aggregator will upstream the packets from VSI > > to the LAN port. > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhe Tao <zhe.tao at intel.com> > Acked-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu at intel.com> > Applied to dpdk-next-net/rel_16_04
/Bruce