[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4] app/testpmd: enable the heavyweight mode TCP/IPv4 GRO

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 10/7/2017 12:04 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote:
> On 9/27/2017 8:23 AM, Yao, Lei A wrote:
> <...>
> 
>>> The GRO library provides two modes to reassemble packets. Currently, the
>>> csum forwarding engine has supported to use the lightweight mode to
>>> reassemble TCP/IPv4 packets. This patch introduces the heavyweight mode
>>> for TCP/IPv4 GRO in the csum forwarding engine.
>>>
>>> With the command "set port <port_id> gro on|off", users can enable
>>> TCP/IPv4 GRO for a given port. With the command "set gro flush <cycles>",
>>> users can determine when the GROed TCP/IPv4 packets are flushed from
>>> reassembly tables. With the command "show port <port_id> gro", users can
>>> display GRO configuration.
>>>
>>> The GRO library doesn't re-calculate checksums for merged packets. If
>>> users want the merged packets to have correct IP and TCP checksums,
>>> please select HW IP checksum calculation and HW TCP checksum calculation
>>> for the port which the merged packets are transmitted to.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jiayu Hu <jiayu.hu at intel.com>
>>> Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>
> 
>> Tested-by: Yao Lei<lei.a.yao at intel.com>
> 
> Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.

nope, removing it out back.

There are "uint8_t port_id" usage a few places, now port_id is uint16_t,
this is new in the repo.

For testpmd you can prefer "portid_t" storage type as well.

Can you please send a new version?