This patch set add support for dynamic link aggregation (mode 4) to the
librte_pmd_bond library. This mode provides auto negotiation/configuration
of peers and well as link status changes monitoring using out of band
LACP (link aggregation control protocol) messages. For further details of
LACP specification see the IEEE 802.3ad/802.1AX standards. It is also
described here
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt.
In this implementation we have an array of mode 4 settings for each slave.
There is also assumption that for every port is one aggregator (it might
be unused if better is found).
Difference in this implementation vs Linux implementation:
- this implementation it is not directly based on state machines but current
state is calculated from actor and partner states (and other things too).
Some implementation details:
- during rx burst every packet Is checked if this is LACP or marker packet.
If it is LACP frame it is passed to mode 4 logic using slaves rx ring and
removed from rx buffer before it is returned
- in tx burst, packets from mode 4 (if any) are injected into each slave.
- there is a timer running in background to process/produce mode 4
frames form rx/to tx functions.
Some requirements for this mode:
- for LACP mode to work rx and tx burst functions must be invoked
at least in 100ms intervals
- provided buffer to rx burst should be at least 2x slave count size. This is
not needed but might increase performance especially during initial
handshake.
Signed-off-by: Pawel Wodkowski <pawelx.wodkowski@intel.com>
Acked-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty@intel.com>
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