[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] unified packet type

2015-02-03 Thread Olivier MATZ
Hi Konstantin, On 02/02/2015 06:20 PM, Ananyev, Konstantin wrote: >> I think the API should describe for each packet type what can be >> expected by the application. Here is an example. When a driver sets the >> RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4 type, it means that: >> >> - the layer 3 is identified as IP by unde

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] unified packet type

2015-02-03 Thread Zhang, Helin
> -Original Message- > From: Ananyev, Konstantin > Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 1:20 AM > To: Olivier MATZ; Zhang, Helin; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: RE: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] unified packet type > > Hi Olivier, > > > -Original Message- > &

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] unified packet type

2015-02-02 Thread Zhang, Helin
Hi Olivier > -Original Message- > From: Olivier MATZ [mailto:olivier.matz at 6wind.com] > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 9:31 PM > To: Zhang, Helin; dev at dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] unified packet type > > Hi Helin, > > On 01/29/2015

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] unified packet type

2015-01-30 Thread Olivier MATZ
Hi Helin, On 01/29/2015 04:15 AM, Helin Zhang wrote: > Currently only 6 bits which are stored in ol_flags are used to indicate > the packet types. This is not enough, as some NIC hardware can recognize > quite a lot of packet types, e.g i40e hardware can recognize more than 150 > packet types. Hid

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/17] unified packet type

2015-01-29 Thread Helin Zhang
Currently only 6 bits which are stored in ol_flags are used to indicate the packet types. This is not enough, as some NIC hardware can recognize quite a lot of packet types, e.g i40e hardware can recognize more than 150 packet types. Hiding those packet types hides hardware offload capabilities whi