From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C804430D1; Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:09:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 621B742D0C; Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:09:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pf1-f172.google.com (mail-pf1-f172.google.com [209.85.210.172]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D90B142BC9 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:09:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pf1-f172.google.com with SMTP id d2e1a72fcca58-68a56401c12so1407377b3a.2 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:09:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20221208.gappssmtp.com; s=20221208; t=1692713387; x=1693318187; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=gQXa5nf3l1r9OBoGZ3k8Qe59An0SRrONfdSwfitIKX0=; b=3r3oVoJDxZtAMiXF+yi5mNlebgbV1mxHYwZZh7IaAMeoy/AtzIKAtWWR0dAckK4MER oiQvhCilrk9XSZw70Sj8pzHtgJ0+3yHR17rzNOozjE+a4XF+q09UIDlB8epM/WzhDc+k y0x0uiCR+ZYv08+T1/EG0QnYpn4a2CYhQZXAkmDzJqwoR5BPYBnhcV8n7MybU7yqK6UG 6B9GoVg2lskdyn0XpN8wu0ZFqcJTgJoRT7XlMhthYDpKWiSwZJLlPDqu3fF9ii88jRhE woRCm4CZ2dbEigyDuuXexqeaoIfgnLWHM93q74icpI5mhF6+hT1ZZJXDqXy31fy7cLn3 PsAw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1692713387; x=1693318187; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=gQXa5nf3l1r9OBoGZ3k8Qe59An0SRrONfdSwfitIKX0=; b=BgVLBV4+dHb/1DFK40hiUBPEFf/oepljbeWNPHPNe1HdPMPbcy/vqwHT3oURsc3keY VcnYFF4p1PrBSazSIyEKoPMD3MR66LBTZK2/verA9P374ySnRXRsarHELzCgvzG4B7Dy TcqL6F7+kPPp6pm5Dl3PMNckPRMgXwdf9Qwbdx9t0+0RXgjZzYnuME9ux8qSr4Nta/An kyyHFHbByam+ujFqJvjqgm3YGNSYFCZXwyVRwgFBnokspZHSHy9pxVvyZzUV7yKSWnpp W7DFUgYWc4RurPArw45tXi98RuDwyAjaO1/5nFF1nHo4sLu4geOgWCj1YQNvATV8XKIg iN0g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YwcGop1INGlfZBYgJJOcLPDihYs+UmKZg+H0KE/9ZdISW6hs2uN MjL05BQ5Uou4qAlVn1PH966Qug== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IETfV45E4O3lIiUsSTxegUyAd4+RRJvPhdlVsJtTu/vM2fp+uAfK8xxKzw3jxWYIX9vPvvzLg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a20:7da2:b0:12f:c0c1:d70 with SMTP id v34-20020a056a207da200b0012fc0c10d70mr8910886pzj.40.1692713386974; Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-127-207.wavecable.com. [204.195.127.207]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u15-20020a62ed0f000000b006887be16675sm7802007pfh.205.2023.08.22.07.09.46 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:09:46 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:09:44 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Ivan Malov Cc: Michael Baum , dev@dpdk.org, Ori Kam , Aman Singh , Yuying Zhang , Ferruh Yigit , Thomas Monjalon Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] ethdev: add random item support Message-ID: <20230822070944.0b9e5097@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <6cbf30ba-17bc-cc95-e956-dba6a281c9d1@arknetworks.am> References: <20230822090505.3242455-1-michaelba@nvidia.com> <6cbf30ba-17bc-cc95-e956-dba6a281c9d1@arknetworks.am> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:41:09 +0400 (+04) Ivan Malov wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Very interesting proposal. However, could you please > provide a use case example for this feature and also > provide an example of where such value could come > from, theoretically. A possible use case is netflow or ipfix traffic sampling