On Sun, Oct 13, 2024 at 08:35:54AM +0000, Morten Brørup wrote:
> Ethernet packets can be VLAN tagged, i.e. an Ethernet header can have a
> VLAN tag (a.k.a. VLAN header) embedded.
> Since the Ethernet header is 2 byte aligned, and the VLAN tag is directly
> related to the Ethernet header, the VLAN tag is also 2 byte aligned, so
> packing the VLAN tag structure is not necessary.
>
> Furthermore, the Ethernet header type is implictly 2 byte aligned, so
> removed the superfluous explicit 2 byte alignment.
>
> Added static_asserts to verify the size and alignment of the various
> Ethernet types.
>
> Signed-off-by: Morten Brørup <m...@smartsharesystems.com>
> ---
> lib/net/rte_ether.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
