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From: Robert Sanford <rsanford@prolexic.com>
To: Maxime Leroy <maxime.leroy@6wind.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] Comments regarding Flow Director support in PMD IXGBE
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 09:33:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAFmpvUN4n1+grrN-mVQP6jQLBEFyTq6AGCKLeeGPDfJahSAHVQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEykdvo5Qc0kUAsVoCCWyPApYsRD6SEXS_e=o_xiMPPoDdvmUQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hello Maxime,

Thank you for taking the time to research these flow director issues and a
more complete solution.

On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Maxime Leroy <maxime.leroy@6wind.com>
 wrote:
> But it will be nice to have a small test with ipv6 traffic to be sure
> about this point.
>
> Would you like to provide a patch to remove this useless "if" please ?
>
> (Note: the set_ipv6_mask field of the input_mask structure need to be
> removed too)
...
> Thus I agree with your analyze, the fdir api is not coherent.
> I think all the parameters of the fdir api should be in network order.
...
> The testpmd application need to be updated in consequence to provide ip
mask
> in network order (in lib/librte_cmdline/cmdline.c):
...
> Would you like to provide and test a patch to fix this issue, please ?


Yes, we will do as you suggest:
1. Test with IPv6 traffic.
2. Make appropriate changes to flow director code and testpmd.
3. Update comments in the structure definitions to indicate byte order.
4. Provide the patch.


--
Regards,
Robert

      reply	other threads:[~2014-01-10 14:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-03 19:52 Robert Sanford
2014-01-10 13:36 ` Maxime Leroy
2014-01-10 14:33   ` Robert Sanford [this message]

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