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Date:      Tue, 8 Oct 2024 22:33:06 -0600
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Cc:        np@freebsd.org
Subject:   Traffic between cxgbe VFs and/or PF on a host
Message-ID:  <6BC00399-9D4C-4893-9FE4-4F99BD295909@jnielsen.net>

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Hi-

I=E2=80=99m running a FreeBSD 14-STABLE host with a Chelstio T520. I =
have a bhyve VM (also running 14-STABLE) to which I have assigned a VF =
of the NIC. That is all working as expected; the host can pass traffic =
using the PF cxl0 and the guest can pass traffic using the VF cxlv0. =
However the host cannot communicate with the guest. I am looking in to =
the possibility of enabling 802.1qbg / VEPA / reflective relay on the =
switch port but I=E2=80=99d like to know if the T5 can do that switching =
itself without sending the packets over the wire. The marketing material =
says the card "integrates a high performance packet switch=E2=80=9D but =
I don=E2=80=99t know how to configure that functionality on FreeBSD or =
if this use case is supported. Can anyone shed some light on that?

The other alternative would be to wire up the second port but if I can =
get away with not needing to use another SFP+ port on the switch for =
this that would be ideal.

Thanks!

JN




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