> Subject: [RFC] ethdev: introduce entropy calculation > > When offloading rules with the encap action, the HW may calculate entropy > based on the encap protocol. > Each HW can implement a different algorithm. > > When the application receives packets that should have been encaped by the > HW, but didn't reach this stage yet (for example TCP SYN packets), then when > encap is done in SW, application must apply the same entropy calculation > algorithm. > > Using the new API application can request the PMD to calculate the value as if > the packet passed in the HW. > > Signed-off-by: Ori Kam <or...@nvidia.com> Acked-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnow...@nvidia.com>
Best regards, Dariusz Sosnowski
