From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrien Mazarguil Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] ether: add flow action to redirect packet to a port Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:30:11 +0200 Message-ID: <20180411163011.GL4957@6wind.com> References: <1522279780-34842-1-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> <1522617562-25940-1-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> <1522617562-25940-2-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: dev@dpdk.org, declan.doherty@intel.com, sugesh.chandran@intel.com, michael.j.glynn@intel.com, yu.y.liu@intel.com, konstantin.ananyev@intel.com, bruce.richardson@intel.com To: Qi Zhang Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f51.google.com (mail-wm0-f51.google.com [74.125.82.51]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8461C1BB55 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:30:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-wm0-f51.google.com with SMTP id u189so5423830wmd.1 for ; Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:30:26 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1522617562-25940-2-git-send-email-qi.z.zhang@intel.com> List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Sun, Apr 01, 2018 at 05:19:19PM -0400, Qi Zhang wrote: > Add action RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PORT, it can be used to redirect > a packet to a network interface that connect to the same switch > domain, rte_ethdev's port_id is used as an identification of the > destination. A typical use case is: with a smart NIC for vSwitch > acceleration, flow is defined to forward packets between the switch > port that is managed by Port Representor. > > Signed-off-by: Qi Zhang Just to let every one know that as discussed [1], this patch is superseded by "ethdev: add port ID item and action to flow API" [2]. It is therefore not a candidate for inclusion and does not need to be reviewed. [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-April/095525.html [2] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-April/096538.html -- Adrien Mazarguil 6WIND