doc: add switch representation documentation
authorDeclan Doherty <declan.doherty@intel.com>
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:40:57 +0000 (11:40 +0100)
committerFerruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:00:56 +0000 (18:00 +0100)
commitb7f859c9a9a5146e495e09ae2b311259a94095e1
treeb2437d357a1373fb1a0b758bf657eaa2a8cc78cc
parentd0a87d9aa8de2ef5106778436c59957c8fd9e591
doc: add switch representation documentation

Add document to describe the  model for representing switching capable
devices in DPDK, using a general ethdev port model and through port
representors. This document also details the port model and the
rte_flow semantics required for flow programming, as well as listing
some example use cases.

Signed-off-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
Signed-off-by: Declan Doherty <declan.doherty@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Marko Kovacevic <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
doc/guides/prog_guide/index.rst
doc/guides/prog_guide/switch_representation.rst [new file with mode: 0644]