[dpdk-dev] TCP GSO support above IPv6

[Hu, Jiayu]

Hi,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ophir Munk [mailto:ophirmu at mellanox.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 7:13 AM
> To: Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu at intel.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Mark Kavanagh
> <mark.b.kavanagh at intel.com>
> Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>; Olga Shern
> <olgas at mellanox.com>
> Subject: RE: TCP GSO support above IPv6
> 
> Hi,
> Please see inline
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hu, Jiayu [mailto:jiayu.hu at intel.com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 4:07 AM
> > To: Ophir Munk <ophirmu at mellanox.com>; dev at dpdk.org; Mark
> Kavanagh
> > <mark.b.kavanagh at intel.com>
> > Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>; Olga Shern
> > <olgas at mellanox.com>
> > Subject: RE: TCP GSO support above IPv6
> >
> > Hi Ophir,
> >
> > Comparing with IPv6, IPv4 is used more widely used and more popular.
> > Therefore, when proposed the GSO library, we just planned to support
> IPv4.
> >
> > Do you have any usage scenarios that depend on IPv6?
> 
> The same usage scenarios with IPv4 may be applicable to IPv6 since the
> application requesting TSO at layer 4 may not care about which IP is used at
> layer 3.

OK. We have plan to support IPv6, but which release is not decided.

Thanks,
Jiayu

> 
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jiayu
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ophir Munk [mailto:ophirmu at mellanox.com]
> > > Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2018 10:45 PM
> > > To: dev at dpdk.org; Hu, Jiayu <jiayu.hu at intel.com>; Mark Kavanagh
> > > <mark.b.kavanagh at intel.com>
> > > Cc: Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net>; Olga Shern
> > > <olgas at mellanox.com>
> > > Subject: TCP GSO support above IPv6
> > >
> > > Hello Jiayu,
> > > I wonder why librte_gso only supports TCP GSO above IPv4.
> > > Can you please explain why TCP GSO is not supported above IPv6?
> > > Are there plans to support it?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ophir