[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 12/12] examples/l3fwd: add option to parse ptype

Ananyev, Konstantin konstantin.ananyev at intel.com
Fri Feb 26 15:27:22 CET 2016


> > Actually it is a good point:
> > for EM case should l3fwd process only TCP/UDP packets?
> > If yes, then it needs to check not only L3, but also L4 type too
> > Which means that for EM and LPM check_packet_type_ok() should also be different.
> > Or we can leave it as it is - in that case EM even for non UDP/TCP packet would still
> > do route  lookup using first 4B of L3 payload.
> 
> I'd like to follow the first approach, (if nobody strongly objects to
> it), because it's EM's real intention to use 5 tuples.

Ok with me.
Konstantin




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