Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] mlx5: Make building eswitch configurable

[Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com>]

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Saeed Mahameed
<saeedm@dev.mellanox.co.il> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:50 PM, Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Saeed Mahameed
>> <saeedm@dev.mellanox.co.il> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:34 AM, Or Gerlitz <gerlitz.or@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:32 AM, Tom Herbert <tom@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?
>
> nothing in the driver, it is transparent.
>
So then we always need the eswitch code to be built even if someone
never uses any of it?

>>
>>>> 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.