Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 0/2] Check meter packet mode in PMD

[Li Zhang <lizh@nvidia.com>]

Hi Thomas,

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> From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Check meter packet mode in PMD
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> 01/04/2021 08:16, Li Zhang:
> > Currently meter algorithms only supports rate is bytes per second(BPS).
> > Add packet_mode flag in meter profile parameters data structure in RTE.
> 
> What means RTE?
> I see no flag added in these patches.

It is RTE API, which added by another patch as below:
Depends-on: series=16002  ("Support PPS(packet per second) on meter")
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20210331085405.1445546-2-lizh@nvidia.com/

> > Add the necessary checks to the existing drivers implementing the
> > rte_mtr API to makes sure that profiles with packet_mode set to TRUE
> > are rejected.
> >
> > Depends-on: series=16002  ("Support PPS(packet per second) on meter")
> > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpatc
> >
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> a=04
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> 3083d1
> >
> 5727340c1b7db39efd9ccc17a%7C0%7C0%7C637528554762610316%7CUnkno
> wn%7CTWF
> >
> pbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVC
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> >
> n0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VZ88lQoAZK3z7MODRycvja4YvpEcjC4apoZZy4p1
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> > amp;reserved=0
> 
> It seems these patches should be part of the above patchset.
> 
> > Li Zhang (2):
> >   net/softnic: check meter packet mode
> >   net/mvpp2: check meter packet mode
> 
>