Currently, the example vmdq_dcb only works on Intel(R) 82599 NICs. This patchset extended this sample to make it works both on Intel(R) 82599 and X710/XL710 NICs. This patch set also enabled DCB VMDQ mode in i40e driver and added unsupported mode checking in ixgbe driver.
v2 changes: - commit log doc rewording. - rebase on latest dpdk-next-net/rel_16_04 branch. - code style fix Jingjing Wu (3): i40e: enable DCB in VMDQ VSIs ixgbe: disallow unsupported RX mode examples/vmdq_dcb: extend sample for X710 supporting doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_04.rst | 3 + doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vmdq_dcb_forwarding.rst | 171 ++++++---- drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c | 153 +++++++-- drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.h | 28 +- drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethdev.c | 5 + examples/vmdq_dcb/main.c | 390 ++++++++++++++++++----- 6 files changed, 587 insertions(+), 163 deletions(-) -- 2.4.0