Sorry for the delayed response > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 11:47 AM > To: Guy Kaneti <g...@marvell.com> > Cc: or...@mellanox.com; dev@dpdk.org; Jerin Jacob Kollanukkaran > <jer...@marvell.com>; Smadar Fuks <smad...@marvell.com>; Dovrat Zifroni > <dov...@marvell.com>; bruce.richard...@intel.com; > konstantin.anan...@intel.com; david.march...@redhat.com; > ferruh.yi...@intel.com; honnappa.nagaraha...@arm.com; > ktray...@redhat.com > Subject: [EXT] Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] examples/l3fwd-regex: add regex > based l3fwd > > External Email > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 08/09/2020 14:31, g...@marvell.com: > > From: Guy Kaneti <g...@marvell.com> > > > > Add regex based l3fwd application > > inline with normal l3fwd. only LPM is supported. > > The trend is to reduce the number of example applications. > Do you think regex could be an option in the original l3fwd? >
The regex operation is not a direct networking functionality and is not a type of forwarding. The purpose of the application was to show an example of regex operation with networking. I think it should stand by itself.
