From: Olivier MATZ <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>, dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] mbuf: clarify comment on adding TX offload flags
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 12:16:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55A632E7.6000108@6wind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1436448159-8394-1-git-send-email-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
On 07/09/2015 03:22 PM, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> The comment for TX offload flags stated that those flags started at bit
> 55 and then were added to the right of that, leaving 8 bits reserved for
> generic mbuf (i.e. non-offload) use. This comment may not have been
> clear as 5 of the 8 flags which were reserved have now been used for TX
> offloads.
> This patch:
> * updates the description so that it now reflects reality that
> only three flags are available for generic mbuf use
> * reserved the final generic flag so that it can't be taken over for TX
> offload in future
> * clarifies the comment for TX flags to indicate that they should be
> counting downwards not upwards.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Acked-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-15 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-07-09 13:22 Bruce Richardson
2015-07-09 13:46 ` Eduard Gibert
2015-07-09 13:59 ` Thomas Monjalon
2015-07-15 10:16 ` Olivier MATZ [this message]
2015-07-16 12:16 ` Thomas Monjalon
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