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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] ethdev: add fuzzy match in flow API
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2017 19:55:02 +0200
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13/06/2017 05:07, Qi Zhang:
> Add new meta pattern item RTE_FLOW_TYPE_ITEM_FUZZY in flow API.
> 
> This is for device that support fuzzy match option.
> Usually a fuzzy match is fast but the cost is accuracy.
> i.e. Signature Match only match pattern's hash value, but it is
> possible that two different patterns have the same hash value.
> 
> Matching accuracy level can be configured by subfield threshold.
> Driver can divide the range of threshold and map to different
> accuracy levels that device support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang <qi.z.zhang@intel.com>

Applied, thanks