From: "Vishwanathapura, Niranjana" <niranjana.vishwanathapura-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public•gmane.org>
To: Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche-XdAiOPVOjttBDgjK7y7TUQ@public•gmane.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v3 01/11] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) documentation
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 23:24:12 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170223072412.GA57966@knc-06.sc.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1486573231.16026.1.camel-XdAiOPVOjttBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
On Wed, Feb 08, 2017 at 05:00:45PM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>On Tue, 2017-02-07 at 12:23 -0800, Vishwanathapura, Niranjana wrote:
>
>Please elaborate this section. What is a virtual Ethernet switch? Is it a
>software entity or something that is implemented in hardware? Also, how are
>these independent Ethernet networks identified on the wire? The Linux kernel
>already supports IB partitions and Ethernet VLANs. How do these independent
>Ethernet networks compare to IB partitions and Ethernet VLANs? Which wire-
>level header contains the identity of these Ethernet networks? Is it
>possible to query from user space which Ethernet network a VNIC belongs to?
>If so, with which API and which tools?
>
I have added the VNIC packet format and some related information to the
documentation in the PATCH series I just sent out.
>Thanks,
>
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-02-07 20:22 [RFC v3 00/11] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 03/11] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) netdev Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 05/11] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC statistics support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 06/11] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC MAC table support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 07/11] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management Agent (VEMA) interface Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 08/11] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management Agent (VEMA) function Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 09/11] IB/hfi1: HFI_VNIC RDMA netdev support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <1486498990-76562-10-git-send-email-niranjana.vishwanathapura-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-08 4:06 ` Parav Pandit
2017-02-08 18:21 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 10/11] IB/hfi1: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) HW support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 11/11] IB/hfi1: VNIC SDMA support Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <1486498990-76562-1-git-send-email-niranjana.vishwanathapura-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 01/11] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) documentation Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <1486498990-76562-2-git-send-email-niranjana.vishwanathapura-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-08 17:00 ` Bart Van Assche
[not found] ` <1486573231.16026.1.camel-XdAiOPVOjttBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-23 7:24 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana [this message]
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 02/11] IB/hfi-vnic: Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) interface Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 21:19 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20170207211901.GB28922-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-07 22:06 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 22:19 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20170207221925.GA30579-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-08 1:04 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-08 6:54 ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-02-08 17:29 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2017-02-08 0:43 ` Parav Pandit
[not found] ` <VI1PR0502MB3008911E9587F4C004BFEF13D1420-o1MPJYiShExKsLr+rGaxW8DSnupUy6xnnBOFsp37pqbUKgpGm//BTAC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-08 1:12 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:23 ` [RFC v3 04/11] IB/hfi-vnic: VNIC Ethernet Management (EM) structure definitions Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
2017-02-07 20:36 ` [RFC v3 00/11] HFI Virtual Network Interface Controller (VNIC) Leon Romanovsky
[not found] ` <20170207203649.GW6005-U/DQcQFIOTAAJjI8aNfphQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-07 21:00 ` Hefty, Sean
2017-02-07 21:43 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20170207214303.GA76652-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-08 5:18 ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-02-08 5:30 ` Leon Romanovsky
2017-02-07 21:28 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-02-07 21:44 ` Hefty, Sean
2017-02-07 21:58 ` Bart Van Assche
[not found] ` <1486504716.2581.8.camel-XdAiOPVOjttBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-08 0:54 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
[not found] ` <20170208005416.GA76793-wPcXA7LoDC+1XWohqUldA0EOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-08 1:09 ` Bart Van Assche
2017-02-08 7:01 ` Weiny, Ira
2017-02-08 17:21 ` Hefty, Sean
2017-02-08 17:45 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2017-02-12 13:26 ` Liran Liss
2017-02-13 17:09 ` Jason Gunthorpe
[not found] ` <20170213170935.GD25430-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2017-02-22 8:43 ` Vishwanathapura, Niranjana
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