[dpdk-dev] Comments regarding Flow Director support in PMD IXGBE

2014-01-10 Thread Maxime Leroy
Hi Robert, On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Robert Sanford wrote: > Issue #1: > Our reading of the 82599 data sheet leads us to believe that > Flow Director can simultaneously handle *both* IPv4 and IPv6 filters, > with separate filter rules, of course. > > Thus, at the bottom of ixgbe_fdir.c:fdir

[dpdk-dev] Comments regarding Flow Director support in PMD IXGBE

2014-01-10 Thread Robert Sanford
Hello Maxime, Thank you for taking the time to research these flow director issues and a more complete solution. On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Maxime Leroy wrote: > But it will be nice to have a small test with ipv6 traffic to be sure > about this point. > > Would you like to provide a patch

[dpdk-dev] Comments regarding Flow Director support in PMD IXGBE

2014-01-03 Thread Robert Sanford
Hi, We would like your opinions on the following observations, regarding the 82599 Flow Director support. Issue #1: Our reading of the 82599 data sheet leads us to believe that Flow Director can simultaneously handle *both* IPv4 and IPv6 filters, with separate filter rules, of course. Thus, at