On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 06:29:00PM -0700, Vinicius Costa Gomes wrote: > >> * Time-aware shaper (802.1Qbv): > >> > >> The idea we are currently exploring is to add a "time-aware", priority > >> based > >> qdisc, that also exposes the Tx queues available and provides a > >> mechanism for > >> mapping priority <-> traffic class <-> Tx queues in a similar fashion as > >> mqprio. We are calling this qdisc 'taprio', and its 'tc' cmd line would > >> be: > > > > As far as I know, this is not supported by i210, and if time-aware shaping > > is enabled in the network - you'll be queued on a bridge until the window > > opens as time-aware shaping is enforced on the tx-port and not on rx. Is > > this required in this driver? > > Yeah, i210 doesn't support the time-aware shaper. I think the second > part of your question doesn't really apply, then.
Actually, you can implement 802.1Qbv (as an end station) quite easily using the i210. I'll show how by posting a series after net-next opens up again. Thanks, Richard
