[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/10] ethdev: add a generic flow and new behavior switch to fdir
Rahul Lakkireddy
rahul.lakkireddy at chelsio.com
Thu Feb 25 10:11:52 CET 2016
Hi Jingjing,
On Wednesday, February 02/24/16, 2016 at 19:26:54 -0800, Wu, Jingjing wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Rahul Lakkireddy
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2016 4:32 PM
> > To: dev at dpdk.org
> > Cc: Kumar Sanghvi; Nirranjan Kirubaharan
> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 01/10] ethdev: add a generic flow and new
> > behavior switch to fdir
> >
> > Add a new raw packet flow that allows specifying generic flow input.
> >
> > Add the ability to provide masks for fields in flow to allow range of values.
> >
> > Add a new behavior switch.
> >
> > Add the ability to provide behavior arguments to allow rewriting matched
> > fields with new values. Ex: allows to provide new ip and port addresses to
> > rewrite the fields of packets matching a filter rule before NAT'ing.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy at chelsio.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Kumar Sanghvi <kumaras at chelsio.com>
> > ---
> > doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst | 3 +++
> > lib/librte_ether/rte_eth_ctrl.h | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> > 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
> > b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
> > index 99de186..19ce954 100644
> > --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
> > +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_2_3.rst
> > @@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ API Changes
> > ABI Changes
> > -----------
> >
> > +* New flow type ``RTE_ETH_FLOW_RAW_PKT`` had been introduced and
> > hence
> > + ``RTE_ETH_FLOW_MAX`` had been increased to 19.
> > +
> >
> Great to see a raw_pkt_flow type.
> And there is already a flow type "RTE_ETH_FLOW_RAW", it's not necessary to add a new one.
I added a new type based on your feedback only
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.networking.dpdk.devel/31386
So, do you want me to revert this change and use RTE_ETH_FLOW_RAW
instead ?
Thanks,
Rahul.
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