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Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:00:12 +0000 From: Boris Pismenny To: Radu Nicolau , "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/5] Enable IPSec Inline for IXGBE PMD Thread-Index: AQHTHbMEZ9bk8Q6ZL0eQGBY1oJsJkKKbSlag Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:00:12 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1503673046-30651-1-git-send-email-radu.nicolau@intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1503673046-30651-1-git-send-email-radu.nicolau@intel.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: authentication-results: spf=none (sender IP is ) smtp.mailfrom=borisp@mellanox.com; x-originating-ip: [193.47.165.251] x-ms-publictraffictype: Email x-microsoft-exchange-diagnostics: 1; DB6PR05MB3237; 6:UIORQ/pAEgyIf27xtn9SPd0gj9c1kxC+TGZAioHjA7xoS9t30irtiElUhXg1o7CPb+3hCMUS55HU25K7KBpoFRo7xBayYqbGU40ef4v57uSUfwnS08t3G6blRwEpCDKDZ1t+M4qokh+baoolb+/18VVJeJp1TLGWKY4SmLvkub2U+UTn+/s7XyMRQAVm+XaldNyw3TRPnx7js+5jZYhgPUcDpuMiVf2MuCW5o+YtyHDCKaGorvtzYJ1HeZX0KRLkaqSCocdQfNC8fNR0FKA0rY+a+NydAXZV4nFHZmEHpjsju4YQ+04oiHmQhIHEbIJzJlRfYeLqfs4xItHJXvQjiA==; 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DIR:OUT; SFP:1101; SCL:1; SRVR:DB6PR05MB3237; H:DB6PR05MB3176.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com; FPR:; SPF:None; PTR:InfoNoRecords; MX:1; A:1; LANG:en; received-spf: None (protection.outlook.com: mellanox.com does not designate permitted sender hosts) spamdiagnosticoutput: 1:99 spamdiagnosticmetadata: NSPM Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: Mellanox.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 29 Aug 2017 13:00:12.5184 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: a652971c-7d2e-4d9b-a6a4-d149256f461b X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: DB6PR05MB3237 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/5] Enable IPSec Inline for IXGBE PMD X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:00:14 -0000 Hi Radu, In the our previous RFC, I got the impression that we had a consensus about using rte_flow for inline and full protocol offload to net PMDs. However, t= his patchset doesn't follow this convention. The rte_flow API allows for all fu= ture encapsulations of these protocols to be expressed without re-implementing rte_flow in rte_security. Is there any reason not to use rte_flow?