[dpdk-dev] [RFC 0/8] mbuf: structure reorganization

[Olivier MATZ]

Hi Andrey,

On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 19:04:58 +0000, "Chilikin, Andrey"
<andrey.chilikin at intel.com> wrote:
> While doing this fields reshuffling,  any chance to put uint16_t
> vlan_tci_outer beside uint16_t vlan_tci? It will allow to treat QinQ
> tags as a single 32-bit tag, if needed, and use it for other
> tag/labels like MPLS, GRE, NSH which could be 20, 24, 32 bits wide.
> 

Merging Vlan is a good idea, and it looks it's feasible, so
I'll add it in next version. About using the same field for other
tags/labels, I'm a bit more reserved as of now, but it's another
debate :)

Thanks,
Olivier