SwitchDev Offload Optimizations
Explore SwitchDev offload optimizations in this 43-minute conference talk from the Linux Plumbers Conference. Delve into the challenges and potential improvements for hardware offloading in Linux's software bridge implementation. Learn about limiting L2-Multicast traffic flooding, optimizing promiscuous mode usage, addressing VLAN sub-interface issues, and managing multicast frame handling. Discover the speaker's insights on adding new redundancy and protection protocols to the kernel and offloading them to hardware. Gain valuable perspectives on developing SwitchDev drivers for upcoming TSN switches targeting industrial networks, with a focus on hardware acceleration for redundancy protocols, limited CPU power, and critical latency requirements.