On 9/6/2017 10:11 AM, Ferruh Yigit wrote: > On 9/1/2017 3:38 AM, Zhao1, Wei wrote: >> HI, Ferruh >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Yigit, Ferruh >>> Sent: Friday, September 1, 2017 12:18 AM >>> To: Zhao1, Wei <wei.zh...@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org >>> Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/2] net/i40e: queue region set and flush >>> >>> On 8/24/2017 4:26 AM, Wei Zhao wrote: >>>> This feature enable queue regions configuration for RSS in PF/VF, so >>>> that different traffic classes or different packet classification >>>> types can be separated to different queues in different queue >>>> regions.This patch can set queue region range, it include queue number >>>> in a region and the index of first queue. >>>> This patch enable mapping between different priorities (UP) and >>>> different traffic classes.It also enable mapping between a region >>>> index and a sepcific flowtype(PCTYPE).It also provide the solution of >>>> flush all configuration about queue region the above described. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Wei Zhao <wei.zh...@intel.com> >>> >>> Hi Wei, >>> >>> I wonder if this can be implemented using rte_flow, instead of PMD specific >>> API? >>> >>> And if not, what is missing in rte_flow for this? >> >> Yes, at first I have plan to use rte_flow to implement this feature. >> But there are many opposition for this, for example, this feature is only >> support by i40e but not igb/ixgbe >> From hardware capacity, not all NIC. So, private API is selected. > > I guess rte_flow headers needs to be updated for this support, how big > that update, what is missing in rte_flow for this?
Hi Wei, Would you mind answering this? Thanks, ferruh > > Even this is only for i40e, rte_flow can be an option. I believe this > increases the usability of the feature for the driver. > >> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> ferruh >
