ethdev: add represented port action to flow API
authorIvan Malov <ivan.malov@oktetlabs.ru>
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:34:40 +0000 (20:34 +0300)
committerFerruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Wed, 13 Oct 2021 20:59:26 +0000 (22:59 +0200)
commit88caad251c8de3a84e353b0b2a27014bc303df87
tree1af7c4cc28bcf4097bb8f7f1c5c3aa956290461e
parent8edb6bc0263e8e7f068a65ea58491c0083aa6332
ethdev: add represented port action to flow API

For use in "transfer" flows. Supposed to send matching traffic to the
entity represented by the given ethdev, at embedded switch level.
Such an entity can be a network (via a network port), a guest
machine (via a VF) or another ethdev in the same application.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Malov <ivan.malov@oktetlabs.ru>
Acked-by: Ori Kam <orika@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <andrew.rybchenko@oktetlabs.ru>
app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c
doc/guides/nics/features/default.ini
doc/guides/prog_guide/rte_flow.rst
doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst
lib/ethdev/rte_flow.c
lib/ethdev/rte_flow.h