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| author | Nicolas Vollmar <nvo@scaling.ch> | 2024-12-13 14:03:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vollmar <nvo@scaling.ch> | 2024-12-13 14:03:23 +0100 |
| commit | f5e77e28658afc19bf4b20e216513db372ac14e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 43881ab16b6593ee6d35523de4fd85e8438b2894 /docs/configuration | |
| parent | 60a2b5373a1bcb8f66f533d9164c1441380b244e (diff) | |
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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 ================ |