[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] mbuf: rename deprecated VLAN flags

Ferruh Yigit ferruh.yigit at intel.com
Wed Oct 25 19:42:17 CEST 2017


On 10/25/2017 8:12 AM, Olivier Matz wrote:
> PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT are deprecated for a while.
> As explained in [1], these flags were kept to let the applications and
> PMDs move to the new flag. There is also a need to support Rx vlan
> offload without vlan strip (at least for the ixgbe driver).
> 
> This patch renames the old flags for this feature, knowing that some
> PMDs were using PKT_RX_VLAN_PKT and PKT_RX_QINQ_PKT to indicate that
> the vlan tci has been saved in the mbuf structure.
> 
> It is likely that some PMDs do not set the proper flags when doing vlan
> offload, and it would be worth making a pass on all of them.
> 
> Link: [1] http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2017-June/067712.html
> Signed-off-by: Olivier Matz <olivier.matz at 6wind.com>

Reviewed-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit at intel.com>


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