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| 1 | +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
| 2 | +
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| 3 | +========================== |
| 4 | +Devlink E-Switch Attribute |
| 5 | +========================== |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Devlink E-Switch supports two modes of operation: legacy and switchdev. |
| 8 | +Legacy mode operates based on traditional MAC/VLAN steering rules. Switching |
| 9 | +decisions are made based on MAC addresses, VLANs, etc. There is limited ability |
| 10 | +to offload switching rules to hardware. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +On the other hand, switchdev mode allows for more advanced offloading |
| 13 | +capabilities of the E-Switch to hardware. In switchdev mode, more switching |
| 14 | +rules and logic can be offloaded to the hardware switch ASIC. It enables |
| 15 | +representor netdevices that represent the slow path of virtual functions (VFs) |
| 16 | +or scalable-functions (SFs) of the device. See more information about |
| 17 | +:ref:`Documentation/networking/switchdev.rst <switchdev>` and |
| 18 | +:ref:`Documentation/networking/representors.rst <representors>`. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +In addition, the devlink E-Switch also comes with other attributes listed |
| 21 | +in the following section. |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +Attributes Description |
| 24 | +====================== |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +The following is a list of E-Switch attributes. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +.. list-table:: E-Switch attributes |
| 29 | + :widths: 8 5 45 |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | + * - Name |
| 32 | + - Type |
| 33 | + - Description |
| 34 | + * - ``mode`` |
| 35 | + - enum |
| 36 | + - The mode of the device. The mode can be one of the following: |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | + * ``legacy`` operates based on traditional MAC/VLAN steering |
| 39 | + rules. |
| 40 | + * ``switchdev`` allows for more advanced offloading capabilities of |
| 41 | + the E-Switch to hardware. |
| 42 | + * - ``inline-mode`` |
| 43 | + - enum |
| 44 | + - Some HWs need the VF driver to put part of the packet |
| 45 | + headers on the TX descriptor so the e-switch can do proper |
| 46 | + matching and steering. Support for both switchdev mode and legacy mode. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | + * ``none`` none. |
| 49 | + * ``link`` L2 mode. |
| 50 | + * ``network`` L3 mode. |
| 51 | + * ``transport`` L4 mode. |
| 52 | + * - ``encap-mode`` |
| 53 | + - enum |
| 54 | + - The encapsulation mode of the device. Support for both switchdev mode |
| 55 | + and legacy mode. The mode can be one of the following: |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | + * ``none`` Disable encapsulation support. |
| 58 | + * ``basic`` Enable encapsulation support. |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +Example Usage |
| 61 | +============= |
| 62 | + |
| 63 | +.. code:: shell |
| 64 | +
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| 65 | + # enable switchdev mode |
| 66 | + $ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:08:00.0 mode switchdev |
| 67 | +
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| 68 | + # set inline-mode and encap-mode |
| 69 | + $ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:08:00.0 inline-mode none encap-mode basic |
| 70 | +
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| 71 | + # display devlink device eswitch attributes |
| 72 | + $ devlink dev eswitch show pci/0000:08:00.0 |
| 73 | + pci/0000:08:00.0: mode switchdev inline-mode none encap-mode basic |
| 74 | +
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| 75 | + # enable encap-mode with legacy mode |
| 76 | + $ devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:08:00.0 mode legacy inline-mode none encap-mode basic |
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