Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v8 00/11] Add API to get supported packet types

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 03:42:45PM +0800, Jianfeng Tan wrote:
> To achieve this, a new function pointer, dev_supported_ptypes_get, is added
> into struct eth_dev_ops. For those devices who do not implement it, it
> means it does not support any ptypes.
> 
> v8:
>   - Rebased on dpdk-next-net/rel_16_04 branch.
>   - Rename ptypes_info -> supported_ptypes.
>   - Abandon info about newly added API in release_16_04.rst.
>   - concise -> correct.
> 
> v7:
>   - 2.2 -> 16.04
>   - Add note: this API better invoked after device is already started.
>   - Update release_16_04.rst for newly added API.
> 
> v6:
>   - Remove extern in function declaration.
>   - Update rte_ether_version.map.
> 
> v5:
>   - Exclude l3fwd change from this series, as a separated one.
>   - Fix malposition of mlx4 code in mlx5 commit introduced in v4.
> 
> v4:
>   - Change how to use this API: to previously agreement reached in mail.
> 
> v3:
>   - Change how to use this API: api to allocate mem for storing ptype
>     array; and caller to free the mem.
>   - Change how to return back ptypes from PMDs: return a pointer to
>     corresponding static const array of supported ptypes, terminated
>     by RTE_PTYPE_UNKNOWN.
>   - Fix l3fwd parse_packet_type() when EXACT_MATCH is enabled.
>   - Fix l3fwd memory leak when calling the API.
> 
> v2:
>   - Move ptype_mask filter function from each PMDs into ether layer.
>   - Add ixgbe vPMD's ptype info.
>   - Fix code style issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianfeng Tan <jianfeng.tan@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
> Acked-by: Adrien Mazarguil <adrien.mazarguil@6wind.com>
>
Applied to dpdk-next-net/rel_16_04, using v9 of patch 1 and v8 of all others.

/Bruce