From 58dd7a8d9d02ee07d7aee450c5515cfe3ef8db21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benedikt Spranger Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2019 11:57:18 +0200 Subject: Documentation: net: dsa: Describe DSA switch configuration Document DSA tagged and VLAN based switch configuration by showcases. Signed-off-by: Benedikt Spranger Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/dsa/configuration.rst | 292 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Documentation/networking/dsa/index.rst | 1 + 2 files changed, 293 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/dsa/configuration.rst (limited to 'Documentation/networking') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/configuration.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/configuration.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..af029b3ca2ab --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/configuration.rst @@ -0,0 +1,292 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +======================================= +DSA switch configuration from userspace +======================================= + +The DSA switch configuration is not integrated into the main userspace +network configuration suites by now and has to be performed manualy. + +.. _dsa-config-showcases: + +Configuration showcases +----------------------- + +To configure a DSA switch a couple of commands need to be executed. In this +documentation some common configuration scenarios are handled as showcases: + +*single port* + Every switch port acts as a different configurable Ethernet port + +*bridge* + Every switch port is part of one configurable Ethernet bridge + +*gateway* + Every switch port except one upstream port is part of a configurable + Ethernet bridge. + The upstream port acts as different configurable Ethernet port. + +All configurations are performed with tools from iproute2, which is available +at https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/ + +Through DSA every port of a switch is handled like a normal linux Ethernet +interface. The CPU port is the switch port connected to an Ethernet MAC chip. +The corresponding linux Ethernet interface is called the master interface. +All other corresponding linux interfaces are called slave interfaces. + +The slave interfaces depend on the master interface. They can only brought up, +when the master interface is up. + +In this documentation the following Ethernet interfaces are used: + +*eth0* + the master interface + +*lan1* + a slave interface + +*lan2* + another slave interface + +*lan3* + a third slave interface + +*wan* + A slave interface dedicated for upstream traffic + +Further Ethernet interfaces can be configured similar. +The configured IPs and networks are: + +*single port* + * lan1: 192.0.2.1/30 (192.0.2.0 - 192.0.2.3) + * lan2: 192.0.2.5/30 (192.0.2.4 - 192.0.2.7) + * lan3: 192.0.2.9/30 (192.0.2.8 - 192.0.2.11) + +*bridge* + * br0: 192.0.2.129/25 (192.0.2.128 - 192.0.2.255) + +*gateway* + * br0: 192.0.2.129/25 (192.0.2.128 - 192.0.2.255) + * wan: 192.0.2.1/30 (192.0.2.0 - 192.0.2.3) + +.. _dsa-tagged-configuration: + +Configuration with tagging support +---------------------------------- + +The tagging based configuration is desired and supported by the majority of +DSA switches. These switches are capable to tag incoming and outgoing traffic +without using a VLAN based configuration. + +single port +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. code-block:: sh + + # configure each interface + ip addr add 192.0.2.1/30 dev lan1 + ip addr add 192.0.2.5/30 dev lan2 + ip addr add 192.0.2.9/30 dev lan3 + + # The master interface needs to be brought up before the slave ports. + ip link set eth0 up + + # bring up the slave interfaces + ip link set lan1 up + ip link set lan2 up + ip link set lan3 up + +bridge +~~~~~~ + +.. code-block:: sh + + # The master interface needs to be brought up before the slave ports. + ip link set eth0 up + + # bring up the slave interfaces + ip link set lan1 up + ip link set lan2 up + ip link set lan3 up + + # create bridge + ip link add name br0 type bridge + + # add ports to bridge + ip link set dev lan1 master br0 + ip link set dev lan2 master br0 + ip link set dev lan3 master br0 + + # configure the bridge + ip addr add 192.0.2.129/25 dev br0 + + # bring up the bridge + ip link set dev br0 up + +gateway +~~~~~~~ + +.. code-block:: sh + + # The master interface needs to be brought up before the slave ports. + ip link set eth0 up + + # bring up the slave interfaces + ip link set wan up + ip link set lan1 up + ip link set lan2 up + + # configure the upstream port + ip addr add 192.0.2.1/30 dev wan + + # create bridge + ip link add name br0 type bridge + + # add ports to bridge + ip link set dev lan1 master br0 + ip link set dev lan2 master br0 + + # configure the bridge + ip addr add 192.0.2.129/25 dev br0 + + # bring up the bridge + ip link set dev br0 up + +.. _dsa-vlan-configuration: + +Configuration without tagging support +------------------------------------- + +A minority of switches are not capable to use a taging protocol +(DSA_TAG_PROTO_NONE). These switches can be configured by a VLAN based +configuration. + +single port +~~~~~~~~~~~ +The configuration can only be set up via VLAN tagging and bridge setup. + +.. code-block:: sh + + # tag traffic on CPU port + ip link add link eth0 name eth0.1 type vlan id 1 + ip link add link eth0 name eth0.2 type vlan id 2 + ip link add link eth0 name eth0.3 type vlan id 3 + + # The master interface needs to be brought up before the slave ports. + ip link set eth0 up + ip link set eth0.1 up + ip link set eth0.2 up + ip link set eth0.3 up + + # bring up the slave interfaces + ip link set lan1 up + ip link set lan1 up + ip link set lan3 up + + # create bridge + ip link add name br0 type bridge + + # activate VLAN filtering + ip link set dev br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 + + # add ports to bridges + ip link set dev lan1 master br0 + ip link set dev lan2 master br0 + ip link set dev lan3 master br0 + + # tag traffic on ports + bridge vlan add dev lan1 vid 1 pvid untagged + bridge vlan add dev lan2 vid 2 pvid untagged + bridge vlan add dev lan3 vid 3 pvid untagged + + # configure the VLANs + ip addr add 192.0.2.1/30 dev eth0.1 + ip addr add 192.0.2.5/30 dev eth0.2 + ip addr add 192.0.2.9/30 dev eth0.3 + + # bring up the bridge devices + ip link set br0 up + + +bridge +~~~~~~ + +.. code-block:: sh + + # tag traffic on CPU port + ip link add link eth0 name eth0.1 type vlan id 1 + + # The master interface needs to be brought up before the slave ports. + ip link set eth0 up + ip link set eth0.1 up + + # bring up the slave interfaces + ip link set lan1 up + ip link set lan2 up + ip link set lan3 up + + # create bridge + ip link add name br0 type bridge + + # activate VLAN filtering + ip link set dev br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 + + # add ports to bridge + ip link set dev lan1 master br0 + ip link set dev lan2 master br0 + ip link set dev lan3 master br0 + ip link set eth0.1 master br0 + + # tag traffic on ports + bridge vlan add dev lan1 vid 1 pvid untagged + bridge vlan add dev lan2 vid 1 pvid untagged + bridge vlan add dev lan3 vid 1 pvid untagged + + # configure the bridge + ip addr add 192.0.2.129/25 dev br0 + + # bring up the bridge + ip link set dev br0 up + +gateway +~~~~~~~ + +.. code-block:: sh + + # tag traffic on CPU port + ip link add link eth0 name eth0.1 type vlan id 1 + ip link add link eth0 name eth0.2 type vlan id 2 + + # The master interface needs to be brought up before the slave ports. + ip link set eth0 up + ip link set eth0.1 up + ip link set eth0.2 up + + # bring up the slave interfaces + ip link set wan up + ip link set lan1 up + ip link set lan2 up + + # create bridge + ip link add name br0 type bridge + + # activate VLAN filtering + ip link set dev br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 + + # add ports to bridges + ip link set dev wan master br0 + ip link set eth0.1 master br0 + ip link set dev lan1 master br0 + ip link set dev lan2 master br0 + + # tag traffic on ports + bridge vlan add dev lan1 vid 1 pvid untagged + bridge vlan add dev lan2 vid 1 pvid untagged + bridge vlan add dev wan vid 2 pvid untagged + + # configure the VLANs + ip addr add 192.0.2.1/30 dev eth0.2 + ip addr add 192.0.2.129/25 dev br0 + + # bring up the bridge devices + ip link set br0 up diff --git a/Documentation/networking/dsa/index.rst b/Documentation/networking/dsa/index.rst index 0e5b7a9be406..c279cfbf9083 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/dsa/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/dsa/index.rst @@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Distributed Switch Architecture bcm_sf2 lan9303 sja1105 + configuration -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522