[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v3 1/3] examples/ip_reassembly: add parse-ptype option

[Thomas Monjalon]

2017-02-09 22:25, Marvin Liu:
> Add new option parse-ptype in this sample in case of pmd driver
> not provide packet type info. If this option enabled, packet type
> will be analyzed in Rx callback function.
[...]
> +		if (parse_ptype) {
> +			if (add_cb_parse_ptype(portid, queueid) < 0)
> +				rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
> +					"Fail to add ptype cb\n");
> +		} else if (!check_ptype(portid))
> +			rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE,
> +				"PMD can not provide needed ptypes\n");

Instead of adding a new option, why not adding the callback automatically
if the packet type is not supported by the hardware?