Re: [PATCH v2] ethdev: add support for RSS based on IPv6 flow label

[Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>]

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On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 2:23 PM Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@amd.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/8/2024 10:06 PM, Ajit Khaparde wrote:
> > On supporting hardware, the 20-bit Flow Label field in the
> > IPv6 header can be used to perform RSS in the ingress path.
> >
> > Flow label values can be chosen such that they can be
> > used as part of the input to a hash function used in a load
> > distribution scheme.
> >
> > On supporting hardware, the 20-bit Flow Label field in the
> > IPv6 header can be used to perform RSS in the ingress path.
> >
> > Example to configure IPv6 flow label based RSS:
> >
> > flow create 0 ingress pattern eth / ipv6 / tcp / end actions rss types ipv6-flow-label end / end
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
> > ---
> > v1->v2:
> > Combined ethdev and testmd patches into single patch as suggested.
> > ---
> >  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c  | 8 ++++----
> >  app/test-pmd/config.c   | 1 +
> >  lib/ethdev/rte_ethdev.h | 1 +
> >  3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
>
> testpmd documentation needs to be updated for updated commands:
> 'doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst'
ACK.

>
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