[dpdk-dev] RTE-FLOW: PF vs PHY_PORT

[Vivek Sharma]

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On Wednesday 22 August 2018 05:16 PM, Vivek Sharma wrote:
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> Hi Devs,
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> I am trying to enable RTE-FLOW support on one of our platforms & having hard time in figuring out PF vs PHY_PORT differences and DPDK rationale for introducing these two distinct identities.
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> Rte-Flow distinguishes between RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_PF & RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_PHY_PORT and
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>                                                RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PF & RTE_FLOW_ACTION_TYPE_PHY_PORT.
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> I am finding it difficult to justify the presence of both these types, when functionality & implementation wise, these look quite similar. I would really appreciate if you could illustrate the differences between above item & action types by taking some hardware/platform as reference.
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> Thanks in advance,
> Vivek Sharma
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