[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC

[Qiu, Michael]

Hi, Wenzhuo

Better to explain what E-tag is, so that reviewers could known it.

Thanks,
Michael

On 1/29/2016 3:05 PM, Wenzhuo Lu wrote:
> This patch set adds the support of E-tag offloading and forwarding
> on X550.
> The offloading means E-tag can be inserted and stripped by HW.
> And E-tag packets can be recognized and forwarded to specific pools
> based on GRP and E-CID_base in E-tag.
>
> Wenzhuo Lu (8):
>   ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN
>   lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config
>   ixgbe: support l2 tunnel config
>   app/testpmd: add CLIs for l2 tunnel config
>   lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation
>   ixgbe: support l2 tunnel operation
>   app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation
>   doc: add release note for E-tag
>
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c               | 599 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst |   6 +
>  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c     | 507 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_eth_ctrl.h      |   9 +
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c        | 239 ++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h        | 288 +++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 1648 insertions(+)
>