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From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] i40e: modify the meaning of single VLAN
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 12:30:27 +0100
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 04:03:32PM +0800, Beilei Xing wrote:
> In current i40e codebase, if single VLAN header is added in a packet,
> it's treated as inner VLAN. Generally, a single VLAN header is
> treated as the outer VLAN header. So change corresponding register
> for single VLAN.
> At the meanwhile, change the meanings of inner VLAN and outer VLAN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Beilei Xing <beilei.xing@intel.com>
> ---
> v2 changes:
>  Combine corresponding i40e driver changes into this patch.
> 
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst |  3 +++
>  drivers/net/i40e/i40e_ethdev.c         | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.h          |  4 ++--
>  3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
> index c0f6b02..ae02824 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_16_07.rst
> @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ API Changes
>    ibadcrc, ibadlen, imcasts, fdirmatch, fdirmiss,
>    tx_pause_xon, rx_pause_xon, tx_pause_xoff, rx_pause_xoff.
>  
> +* The meanings of ``ETH_VLAN_TYPE_INNER`` and ``ETH_VLAN_TYPE_OUTER`` in
> +  ``rte_vlan_type`` are changed.
> +

This change of meaning is not a general change across the whole API but is
just for the i40e driver. Rather than noting it as an API change, I think it's
better documenting it as a "fixed issue" in the i40e driver.

Also, I think it is better explained as a change in the type of a single vlan
tag, rather than referring to it as a switch in meaning of inner and outer
tags generally. Can you reword the message, please.

/Bruce