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| author | Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@intel.com> | 2023-05-16 14:30:55 +0300 |
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| committer | Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com> | 2023-05-17 18:43:47 +0300 |
| commit | 1c769b1a303f7a3b447fc7244340b77823bdbfdc (patch) | |
| tree | 9527a256b043ab295e29c50e181ae92c955fe277 /Documentation/networking/device_drivers | |
| parent | 49eb1c1f2f05fe948b209ad359283355d3428d89 (diff) | |
| download | linux-1c769b1a303f7a3b447fc7244340b77823bdbfdc.tar.xz | |
ice: Remove LAG+SRIOV mutual exclusion
There was a change previously to stop SR-IOV and LAG from existing on the
same interface. This was to prevent the violation of LACP (Link
Aggregation Control Protocol). The method to achieve this was to add a
no-op Rx handler onto the netdev when SR-IOV VFs were present, thus
blocking bonding, bridging, etc from claiming the interface by adding
its own Rx handler. Also, when an interface was added into a aggregate,
then the SR-IOV capability was set to false.
There are some users that have in house solutions using both SR-IOV and
bridging/bonding that this method interferes with (e.g. creating duplicate
VFs on the bonded interfaces and failing between them when the interface
fails over).
It makes more sense to provide the most functionality
possible, the restriction on co-existence of these features will be
removed. No additional functionality is currently being provided beyond
what existed before the co-existence restriction was put into place. It is
up to the end user to not implement a solution that would interfere with
existing network protocols.
Reviewed-by: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Ertman <david.m.ertman@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Wojciech Drewek <wojciech.drewek@intel.com>
Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/device_drivers')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst | 18 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst index 69695e5511f4..e4d065c55ea8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/intel/ice.rst @@ -84,24 +84,6 @@ Once the VM shuts down, or otherwise releases the VF, the command will complete. -Important notes for SR-IOV and Link Aggregation ------------------------------------------------ -Link Aggregation is mutually exclusive with SR-IOV. - -- If Link Aggregation is active, SR-IOV VFs cannot be created on the PF. -- If SR-IOV is active, you cannot set up Link Aggregation on the interface. - -Bridging and MACVLAN are also affected by this. If you wish to use bridging or -MACVLAN with SR-IOV, you must set up bridging or MACVLAN before enabling -SR-IOV. If you are using bridging or MACVLAN in conjunction with SR-IOV, and -you want to remove the interface from the bridge or MACVLAN, you must follow -these steps: - -1. Destroy SR-IOV VFs if they exist -2. Remove the interface from the bridge or MACVLAN -3. Recreate SRIOV VFs as needed - - Additional Features and Configurations ====================================== |