Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mbuf: support eCPRI hardware packet type

[Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>]

20/04/2021 04:17, Liu, Lingyu:
> Hi Olivier,
> 
> This new packet type will be used by iavf driver to map ECPRI hardware packet.
> This is the patch which will use this new hardware packet type.
> http://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210420083817.10741-3-lingyu.liu@intel.com/

I think it does not reply Olivier's question about how it will be used.
Why is it important to report this packet type in mbuf?

PS: please do not top-post


> > From: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz@6wind.com>
> > 
> > Hi Lingyu,
> > 
> > On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 09:25:31AM +0000, Lingyu Liu wrote:
> > > Add L2_ETHER_ECPRI and L4_UDP_TUNNEL_ECPRI in RTE_PTYPE.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Lingyu Liu <lingyu.liu@intel.com>
> > > Acked-by: Hemant Agrawal <hemant.agrawal@nxp.com>
> > 
> > The number of available packet types for tunnels is quite low (already
> > mentionned in this thread [1]).
> > 
> > [1] https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210408081720.23314-3-
> > ktejasree@marvell.com
> > 
> > Can you give some details about how it will be used? For instance, which
> > driver will set it, which kind of application will use it.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Olivier