On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Saeed Mahameed <sae...@dev.mellanox.co.il> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:34 AM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Tom Herbert <t...@herbertland.com> wrote: >>> Add a configuration option (CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_ESWITCH) for controlling >>> whether the eswitch code is built. Change Kconfig and Makefile >>> accordingly. >> >> Tom, FWIW, please note that the basic e-switch functionality is needed >> also when SRIOV isn't of use, this is for a multi host configuration. >> > > Right, set_l2_table_entry@eswitch.c need to be called by PF for any UC > MAC address wanted by VF or PF. > To keep one flow in the code, the implementation is done as part of eswitch. > > so in multi-host configuration (where there are 4 PFs) each PF should > invoke set_l2_table_entry_cmd for each one of its own UC MACs. > > populating the l2 table is done using the whole eswitch event driven > mechanisms, it is not easy and IMH not right to separate eswitch > tables from l2 table (same management logic, different tables). > > Anyways as Or stated this is just an FYI, eswitch needs to be enabled > on Multi-host configuration. > What indicate a multi-host configuration?
>> Or. >> >> My WW (and same for the rest of the IL team..) has ended so I will be >> able to further look on this series and comment on Sunday.
