switchdev – no more sdk© 2016 mellanox technologies 5 switchdev is here to stay what?...

Elad Raz, Jiri PirkoNetdev 1.1 | 2016

Switchdev – No More SDK

Proceedings of NetDev 1.1: The Technical Conference on Linux Networking (February 10th-12th 2016. Seville, Spain)

© 2016 Mellanox Technologies 2

Switchdev is here to stay

§What?

§Why?

§Where? 100G DEMO!




§What?

§Why?

§Where?




§What?

64 net-devicesDoing skb rx/tx, ethtool, port state and ndo offload




§What?

switchdev_ops.1D/.1Q Bridging – VLANs, PVID, FDB, IGMP…

Routing – FIB offloadand more




§What?

In-kernel implementationNO MORE SDK!

drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw




§What?

§Why?

§Where?

pen




§Why?

Community basedOpen-source

Standard behaviorStandard API




§What?

§Why?

§Where?




§Where?

Devlinkset port type, port splitter, shared buffers, etc.




§Where?

QoSDCBNL interface implementation




§Where?

L3 offloadfix the current switchdev model, include VRF support




§Where?

Flowstc cls_flower + selected acts offload




§Where?

(e)BPF?



Tutorial outlook

§No more talking! 100G demo!

• Netdevice

• Bridging

• 802.1Q bridge

• 802.1D bridge

• LAG



Topology

SN2700R-mgtswd-101110.209.0.60

dev-r-vrt-157 dev-r-vrt-158



ScreensProceedings of NetDev 1.1: The Technical Conference on Linux Networking (February 10th-12th 2016. Seville, Spain)


netdev



.1Q bridge



.1D bridge



team and bond

LAG


Thank You


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