[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/4] mbuf:add three TX offload flags and change three fields

[Olivier MATZ]

Hi Konstantin,

On 11/28/2014 12:13 PM, Ananyev, Konstantin wrote:
>>> For the upper layer, I think there would be no big difference, what ways we will choose.
>>
>> I think the 2 informations are transversal, and that's why I would
>> prefer 2 flags. Also, having 2 separate flags would also help to keep
>> backward compatibility with previous versions.
> 
> Hmm, not sure how we will break compatibility in that case?
> If we'll make TX_IP_CKSUM to be 1 bit value (1 << X) then for current drivers nothing should change, no?

Yes, you're right, sorry.

Olivier