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docs: networking: dpaa2: document mirroring support on the switch
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Document the mirroring capabilities of the dpaa2-switch driver,
any restrictions that are imposed and some example commands.

Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Expand Up @@ -172,3 +172,46 @@ Example 4: Use a single shared filter block on both eth5 and eth6::
action trap
$ tc filter add block 1 ingress protocol ipv4 flower src_ip 192.168.1.1 skip_sw \
action mirred egress redirect dev eth3

Mirroring
~~~~~~~~~

The DPAA2 switch supports only per port mirroring and per VLAN mirroring.
Adding mirroring filters in shared blocks is also supported.

When using the tc-flower classifier with the 802.1q protocol, only the
''vlan_id'' key will be accepted. Mirroring based on any other fields from the
802.1q protocol will be rejected::

$ tc qdisc add dev eth8 ingress_block 1 clsact
$ tc filter add block 1 ingress protocol 802.1q flower skip_sw vlan_prio 3 action mirred egress mirror dev eth6
Error: fsl_dpaa2_switch: Only matching on VLAN ID supported.
We have an error talking to the kernel

If a mirroring VLAN filter is requested on a port, the VLAN must to be
installed on the switch port in question either using ''bridge'' or by creating
a VLAN upper device if the switch port is used as a standalone interface::

$ tc qdisc add dev eth8 ingress_block 1 clsact
$ tc filter add block 1 ingress protocol 802.1q flower skip_sw vlan_id 200 action mirred egress mirror dev eth6
Error: VLAN must be installed on the switch port.
We have an error talking to the kernel

$ bridge vlan add vid 200 dev eth8
$ tc filter add block 1 ingress protocol 802.1q flower skip_sw vlan_id 200 action mirred egress mirror dev eth6

$ ip link add link eth8 name eth8.200 type vlan id 200
$ tc filter add block 1 ingress protocol 802.1q flower skip_sw vlan_id 200 action mirred egress mirror dev eth6

Also, it should be noted that the mirrored traffic will be subject to the same
egress restrictions as any other traffic. This means that when a mirrored
packet will reach the mirror port, if the VLAN found in the packet is not
installed on the port it will get dropped.

The DPAA2 switch supports only a single mirroring destination, thus multiple
mirror rules can be installed but their ''to'' port has to be the same::

$ tc filter add block 1 ingress protocol 802.1q flower skip_sw vlan_id 200 action mirred egress mirror dev eth6
$ tc filter add block 1 ingress protocol 802.1q flower skip_sw vlan_id 100 action mirred egress mirror dev eth7
Error: fsl_dpaa2_switch: Multiple mirror ports not supported.
We have an error talking to the kernel

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