[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] examples/l3fwd: force CRC stripping for i40evf

[Björn Töpel]

Björn/Konstantin wrote:
>> Finally, why doesn't l3fwd have the CRC stripped?
>
> I don’t know any good reason for that for l3fwd or any other sample
> app. I think it is just a 'historical' reason.

Ok! Then I'd suggest changing the l3fwd default to actually *strip* CRC
instead of not doing it. Lei, any comments?

Helin wrote:
> Yes, i40e driver changed a little bit on that according to the
> review comments during implementation, comparing to igb and ixgbe.
> I'd suggest to re-invesitgate if we can do the similar thing in igb
> and ixgbe driver.

Good. Let's do that!

> Any critical issue now? Or just an improvement comments?

Not from my perspective. The issue is that Lei needs some kind of
work-around for l3fwd with i40evf, so I'll let Lei comment on how
critical it is.


Björn