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2009-09-01dcbnl: Add support for setapp/getapp commands to dcbnlYi Zou
This patch adds dcbnl command definitions to support setapp/getapp functionality from the IEEE 802.1Qaz Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange protocol (DCBX) specification. Section 3.3 defines the application protocol and its 802.1p user priority in DCBX, which is implemented here as a pair of setapp/getapp commands in the kernel dcbnl for setting and retrieving the user priority for an given application protocol. The protocol is identified by the combination of an id and an idtype. Currently, when idtype is 0, the corresponding id gives the ether type of this protocol, e.g., for FCoE, it will be 0x8906; when idtype is 1, then the corresponding id gives the TCP or UDP port number. For more information regarding DCBX spec., please refer to the following: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/ az-wadekar-dcbx-capability-exchange-discovery-protocol-1108-v1.01.pdf Signed-off-by: Yi Zou <yi.zou@intel.com> Acked-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2009-03-01net headers: cleanup dcbnl.hChris Leech
1) add an include for <linux/types.h> 2) change dcbmsg.dcb_family from unsigned char to __u8 to be more consistent with use of kernel types Signed-off-by: Chris Leech <christopher.leech@intel.com> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-21net: add DCNA attribute to the BCN interface for DCBDon Skidmore
Adds the Backward Congestion Notification Address (BCNA) attribute to the Backward Congestion Notification (BCN) interface for Data Center Bridging (DCB), which was missing. Receive the BCNA attribute in the ixgbe driver. The BCNA attribute is for a switch to inform the endstation about the physical port identification in order to support BCN on aggregated links. Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore <donald.c.skidmore@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Eric W Multanen <eric.w.multanen@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
2008-11-20DCB: Add support for DCB BCNAlexander Duyck
Adds an interface to configure the Backward Congestion Notification (BCN) feature. In a BCN capabale network, congestion notifications from congested points out in the network can cause the end station limit the rate of a given traffic flow. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-11-20DCB: Add interface to query the state of PFC feature.Alexander Duyck
Adds a netlink interface for Data Center Bridging (DCB) to get and set the enable state of the Priority Flow Control (PFC) feature. Primarily, this is a way to turn off PFC in the driver while DCB remains enabled. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-11-20DCB: Add interface to query # of TCs supported by deviceAlexander Duyck
Adds interface for Data Center Bridging (DCB) to query (and set if supported) the number of traffic classes currently supported by the device for the two (DCB) features: priority groups (PG) and priority flow control (PFC). Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-11-20DCB: Add interface to query for the DCB capabilities of an device.Alexander Duyck
Adds to the netlink interface for Data Center Bridging (DCB), allowing the DCB capabilities supported by a device to be queried. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-11-20ixgbe: this patch adds support for DCB to the kernel and ixgbe driverAlexander Duyck
This adds support for Data Center Bridging (DCB) features in the ixgbe driver and adds an rtnetlink interface for configuring DCB to the kernel. The DCB feature support included are Priority Grouping (PG) - which allows bandwidth guarantees to be allocated to groups to traffic based on the 802.1q priority, and Priority Based Flow Control (PFC) - which introduces a new MAC control PAUSE frame which works at granularity of the 802.1p priority instead of the link (IEEE 802.3x). Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>