[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 00/16] software parser for packet type

[Thomas Monjalon]

2016-10-03 10:38, Olivier Matz:
> This patchset introduces a software packet type parser. This
> feature is targeted for v16.11.
> 
> The goal here is to provide a reference implementation for packet type
> parsing. This function will be used by testpmd to compare its result
> with the value given by the hardware.
> 
> It will also be useful when implementing Rx offload support in virtio
> pmd. Indeed, the virtio protocol gives the csum start and offset, but
> it does not give the L4 protocol nor it tells if the checksum is
> relevant for inner or outer. This information has to be known to
> properly set the ol_flags in mbuf.

Applied, thanks