[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/3] lib/librte_ether: remove requirement of aligned RETA size

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 4/1/2017 8:28 AM, Lu, Wenzhuo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dev [mailto:dev-bounces at dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Zhang, Helin
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com]
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>>> 2017-03-20 16:04, Yongseok Koh:
>>>> In rte_eth_check_reta_mask(), it is required to align the size of
>>>> the RETA table to RTE_RETA_GROUP_SIZE but as the size can be less
>>>> than the limit, this should be removed. The change is also applied
>>>> to a command of
>>> testpmd.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yongseok Koh <yskoh at mellanox.com>

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>>> There is no comment for this constraint neither in the code nor in the
>>> commit: http://dpdk.org/commit/66c594904 So, I guess it can be removed.
>>> If a check is needed, it could be added in the relevant drivers.
>>>
>>> Helin, Konstantin, please check for Intel drivers.
>> Hi Thomas
>>
>> Thank you very much for the reminder!
>> We will check that and see if there is any impacts to Intel drivers.
> I don't think it has any impact to the drivers.
> To my opinion, it's a good fix as it makes the name ' reta_size' more reasonable.

Series applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.