Message ID | cover.1609544200.git.me@pmachata.org (mailing list archive) |
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Headers | show |
Series | dcb: Support APP, DCBX objects | expand |
On 1/1/21 5:03 PM, Petr Machata wrote: > Add support to the dcb tool for the following two DCB objects: > > - APP, which allows configuration of traffic prioritization rules based on > several possible packet headers. > > - DCBX, which is a 1-byte bitfield of flags that configure whether the DCBX > protocol is implemented in the device or in the host, and which version > of the protocol should be used. > > Patch #1 adds a new helper for finding a name of a given dsfield value. > This is useful for APP DSCP-to-priority rules, which can use human-readable > DSCP names. > > Patches #2, #3 and #4 extend existing interfaces for, respectively, parsing > of the X:Y mappings, for setting a DCB object, and for getting a DCB > object. > > In patch #5, support for the command line argument -N / --Numeric is > added. The APP tool later uses it to decide whether to format DSCP values > as human-readable strings or as plain numbers. > > Patches #6 and #7 add the subtools themselves and their man pages. > applied to iproute2-next.