[dpdk-dev] LPM6 next hop size

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-09-21 10:29, Matthew Hall:
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 10:11:04PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > Please, will you help reviewing this patch?
> 
> Sure.
> 
> 1. It adds a dependency on libbsd on Linux: bsd/sys/tree.h. Is this an 
> expected dependency of DPDK already? I use it in my code but not sure it's 
> expected for everybody else.

No we don't use libbsd yet.
Is there a clean way to avoid this new dependency?
What are the pros/cons?

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> 7. Some of us previous submitted code to expand LPM4 and LPM6 to 24 bit next 
> hop but the current code is only doing 16 bit. This is not pleasant for me 
> because I really need the 24-bit support. When can we make this happen?

It will happen as soon as a patch is approved.
Matthew, what happened to your own patch for 24-bit hop?
Please do not hesitate to work together if it can accelerate landing
this feature.