Re: [PATCH v2] doc: introduce networking driver matrix
From: Rahul Lakkireddy <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-16 11:35:13
Hi Thomas, Got a couple of questions on how to mark some of the features for CXGBE below. On Wednesday, January 01/27/16, 2016 at 21:07:09 +0100, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
In order to better compare the drivers and check what is missing for a common baseline, we need to fill a matrix. A CSS trick is used to fit the HTML page. The PDF output needs some LaTeX wizardry. Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <redacted> --- v2: add vector PMDs --- doc/guides/nics/index.rst | 1 + doc/guides/nics/overview.rst | 147 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 148 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/guides/nics/overview.rst
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+ + ==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = + Feature a b b b c e e i i i i i i i i i i f f m m m n n p r s v v v x + f n n o x 1 n 4 4 4 4 g g x x x x m m l l p f u c i z i i m e + p x x n g 0 i 0 0 0 0 b b g g g g 1 1 x x i p l a n e r r x n + a 2 2 d b 0 c e e e e v b b b b 0 0 4 5 p l p g d t t n v + c x x i e 0 . v v f e e e e k k e a i i e i + k v n . f f . v v . t o o t r + e f g . . . f f . a . 3 t + t v v v v v 2 v + e e e e e e + c c c c c c + ==================== = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = + link status + link status event + Rx interrupt + queue start/stop + MTU update + jumbo frame + scattered Rx
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+ VLAN filter + ethertype filter + n-tuple filter + SYN filter + tunnel filter + flexible filter + hash filter + flow director
It is possible to set some of the above filters via our cxgbe flow director. Do we mark these filter features as supported? [...]
+ packet type parsing
Is this the same as the driver's ability to fill the mbuf->packet_type field? Thanks, Rahul