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| author | Christian Breunig <christian@breunig.cc> | 2024-12-24 14:24:30 +0100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-12-24 14:24:30 +0100 |
| commit | 82de7860efeb6cf08c406c197e8746fa972d8784 (patch) | |
| tree | 94033e32170b1a6bc2daafc7402178a21f19ef9c /docs/configuration | |
| parent | 9605788b615668818483bad5781c5b714536f3e6 (diff) | |
| parent | f5e77e28658afc19bf4b20e216513db372ac14e3 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #1576 from nvollmar/T6944
T6944: adds documentation for switchdev mode
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst | 11 |
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diff --git a/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst b/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst index 30a13b5b..7288d9d2 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/interfaces/ethernet.rst @@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ Common interface configuration :var0: ethernet :var1: eth0 +.. cfgcmd:: set interface ethernet <interface> switchdev + + Switches this interface to `switchdev` mode that allows network interfaces to offload + certain networking functions directly to hardware, like a network switch or a SmartNIC. + This enables higher performance and lower latency for network processing by + bypassing the kernel's network stack for supported operations. + +.. note:: This is only supported on certain physical network interfaces + and depends on specific models and drivers. + + Ethernet options ================ |