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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
To: "Ananyev, Konstantin" <konstantin.ananyev@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/3] net/i40e: add runtime option to disable
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Hi,

22/05/2019 13:01, Ananyev, Konstantin:
> > As far as I can see, passing FDIR configuration via the rte_eth_conf struct:
> >    struct rte_fdir_conf fdir_conf; /**< FDIR configuration. DEPRECATED */
> > was deprecated. I suspect in favor of the late binding design mentioned, but
> > again, I don't know the history on that. IMO, this made devargs a better choice.
> 
> Ok, then it looks like there is a flaw in ethdev level API that needs to be fixed:
> We deprecated old way to request FD usage without introducing new one.
> CC-ing to ethdev maintainers -
> Guys is there a new way to request FD enablement, instead of deprecated fdir_config?
> Seems like not, unless I missed something obvious.
> If not, then we probably need either to re-deprecate fdir_config, or introduce some new method.
> My first thought would be to add new  DEV_RX_OFFLOAD_* flag(s).
> Does it make sense?

Sorry,I have not read the full thread so I may be out of topic.
Please be aware that the flow director API is deprecated in favor
of the more generic rte_flow API.