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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 21:54:02 +0000
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On 11/25/14 at 12:08pm, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:
> On 11/25/14 11:49, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> 
> >
> >What does it do? "L3 switching"?
> >
> 
> Absolutely not - that is too easy;-> Why not just a mellanox
> chip for that? (Testing if Aviad is awake). But flows and associated
> constructs apply.

It would definitely help if you could expose some more details on the
"some network processor" you have. We're all very eager ;-)

> I think this interface is usable for example to offload to user space
> ala DPDK and friends just as it would be for ASICs or standard NIC
> offload (which we already have with fdb offload).
> I dont know what a good name is - but switch looks incorrect.

I'm with Jiri but I agree it's not a perfect fit. I doubt there is but
if you can come up with something that fits better I'm open to it.

I considered "dataplane" or "dp" for a bit but it's quite generic as
well.