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On 6/1/22 06:44, Alexander Kozyrev wrote:
> Create a new Flow API action: METER_MARK.
> It Meters an IP packet stream and marks its packets with colors.

Is it really required to be *IP* packet? IPv4 or IPv6 or both?

> Unlike the METER action, it performs no policing at all.
> A user has the flexibility to create any policies with the help of
> the METER_COLOR item later, only meter profile is mandatory here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev@nvidia.com>