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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 14:36:20 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160203143620.7eccc836@samsung9> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454396225-11784-3-git-send-email-wenzhuo.lu@intel.com>

On Tue,  2 Feb 2016 14:57:00 +0800
Wenzhuo Lu <wenzhuo.lu@intel.com> wrote:

> +/**
> + * l2 tunnel configuration.
> + */
> +struct rte_eth_l2_tunnel {
> +	enum rte_eth_l2_tunnel_type l2_tunnel_type;
> +	uint16_t ether_type;
> +};

Building an API with an indirect (structure) parameter with only two
elements seems like overkill. If you are building it to support future
features, that won't work because it will break ABI.

Why not just?

int
rte_eth_dev_etag_enable(uint8_t port_id, uint16_t ether_type)

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-03  3:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 95+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-29  7:03 [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/8] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/8] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 3/8] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 4/8] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/8] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 6/8] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 7/8] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-01-29  7:03 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 8/8] doc: add release note for E-tag Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-01 16:15   ` Mcnamara, John
2016-01-29  7:16 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/8] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Qiu, Michael
2016-02-01  1:04   ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-01  1:39     ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-01  1:56       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-01  2:06         ` Yuanhan Liu
2016-02-01  3:00           ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-01  8:31       ` Qiu, Michael
2016-02-02  1:24         ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-02  6:56 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02  6:56   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02  6:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02 12:03     ` Bruce Richardson
2016-02-03  1:05       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-03  3:36     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2016-02-03  8:08       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-02  6:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02  6:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02  6:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02  6:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-02  6:57   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-12 13:50   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2016-02-15  1:21     ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-15  9:39       ` De Lara Guarch, Pablo
2016-02-16  8:20 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16  8:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16  8:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16  8:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16  8:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16  8:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16  8:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-16  8:20   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18  2:46 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18  2:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18  2:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18  2:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04  1:47     ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04  3:17       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-18  2:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-02-18  2:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04  1:47     ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04  3:31       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-07  2:04         ` He, Shaopeng
2016-02-18  2:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04  1:46     ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04  3:15       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-02-18  2:46   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-04  1:46     ` He, Shaopeng
2016-03-04  3:11       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-04  9:23   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on Intel X550 NIC Liu, Yong
2016-03-07  2:42 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 0/7] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07  2:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 1/7] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07  2:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 2/7] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07  2:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 3/7] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07  2:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 4/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07  2:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 5/7] lib/librte_ether: support new l2 tunnel operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07  3:29     ` Wu, Jingjing
2016-03-07  5:29       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-07  2:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 6/7] ixgbe: support " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-07  2:42   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v5 7/7] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08  6:53 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08  6:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 1/5] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08  6:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 2/5] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel operations Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09  0:14     ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-09  1:15       ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-09  9:27         ` Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-10  0:54           ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-08  6:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 3/5] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08  6:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 4/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08  6:53   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 5/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-08  8:08   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v6 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Wu, Jingjing
2016-03-09  7:44 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09  7:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 1/5] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09  7:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 2/5] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel operations Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09  7:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 3/5] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09  7:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 4/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09  7:44   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 5/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-09 10:07   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v7 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Thomas Monjalon
2016-03-10  0:44     ` Lu, Wenzhuo
2016-03-11  1:10 ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11  1:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 1/5] ixgbe: select pool by MAC when using double VLAN Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11  1:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 2/5] lib/librte_ether: support l2 tunnel operations Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11  1:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 3/5] ixgbe: " Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11  1:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 4/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for l2 tunnel config Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11  1:10   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 5/5] app/testpmd: add CLIs for E-tag operation Wenzhuo Lu
2016-03-11 22:27   ` [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 0/5] support E-tag offloading and forwarding on X550 Thomas Monjalon

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