Hi Ivan, > -----Original Message----- > From: Somnath Kotur <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 6, 2021 9:04 AM > metadata from HW to PMD > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2021 at 3:10 AM Ajit Khaparde > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 8:56 AM Ivan Malov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Provide an API to let the application control the NIC's ability > > > to deliver specific kinds of per-packet metadata to the PMD. > > > > > > Checks for the NIC's ability to set these kinds of metadata > > > in the first place (support for the flow actions) belong in > > > flow API responsibility domain (flow validate mechanism). > > > This topic is out of scope of the new API in question. > > > > > > The PMD's ability to deliver received metadata to the user > > > by virtue of mbuf fields should be covered by mbuf library. > > > It is also out of scope of the new API in question. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ivan Malov <[email protected]> > > > Reviewed-by: Andrew Rybchenko <[email protected]> > > > Reviewed-by: Andy Moreton <[email protected]> > > > Acked-by: Ray Kinsella <[email protected]> > > > Acked-by: Jerin Jacob <[email protected]> > > > > Acked-by: Ajit Khaparde <[email protected]> > Acked-by: Somnath Kotur <[email protected]> Acked-by: Ori Kam <[email protected]>
Thanks, Ori
