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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] LPM6 next hop size
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On 09/19/2016 22:04, Shyam Sundar Govindaraj wrote:
> Hi
>
> In IPv4 lpm implementation, the next hop size is increased from 8-bit to 24-bit. Is there a plan to increase IPv6 lpm next hop size?
>
> Also, next hop size in this document needs to be updated, since it is not 1 byte anymore.
> http://dpdk.org/doc/guides/prog_guide/lpm_lib.html
>
> Thanks
> Shyam
I have submitted a patch that, among other things, increase this size.
But it needs some reviews: http://dpdk.org/dev/patchwork/patch/15295/