[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2 0/2] app/testpmd implement VXLAN/NVGRE Encap/Decap

[Ferruh Yigit]

On 6/18/2018 9:52 AM, Nelio Laranjeiro wrote:
> This series adds an easy and maintainable configuration version support for
> those two actions for 18.08 by using global variables in testpmd to store the
> necessary information for the tunnel encapsulation.  Those variables are used
> in conjunction of RTE_FLOW_ACTION_{VXLAN,NVGRE}_ENCAP action to create easily
> the action for flows.
> 
> A common way to use it:
> 
>  set vxlan ipv4 4 4 4 127.0.0.1 128.0.0.1 11:11:11:11:11:11 22:22:22:22:22:22
>  flow create 0 ingress pattern end actions vxlan_encap / queue index 0 / end
> 
>  set vxlan ipv6 4 4 4 ::1 ::2222 11:11:11:11:11:11 22:22:22:22:22:22
>  flow create 0 ingress pattern end actions vxlan_encap / queue index 0 / end
> 
>  set nvgre ipv4 4 127.0.0.1 128.0.0.1 11:11:11:11:11:11 22:22:22:22:22:22
>  flow create 0 ingress pattern end actions nvgre_encap / queue index 0 / end
> 
>  set nvgre ipv6 4 ::1 ::2222 11:11:11:11:11:11 22:22:22:22:22:22
>  flow create 0 ingress pattern end actions nvgre_encap / queue index 0 / end
> 
> This also replace the proposal done by Mohammad Abdul Awal [1] which handles
> in a more complex way for the same work.

Hi Nelio,

Is this set on top of mentioned set? If so shouldn't the set has the Awal's
sign-off too?
Are you replacing someone else patch with dropping his sign-off?

> 
> Note this API has already a modification planned for 18.11 [2] thus those
> series should have a limited life for a single release.
> 
> [1] https://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-May/101403.html
> [2] https://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2018-June/103485.html
> 
> 
> Changes in v2:
> 
> - add default IPv6 values for NVGRE encapsulation.
> - replace VXLAN to NVGRE in comments concerning NVGRE layer.
> 
> Nelio Laranjeiro (2):
>   app/testpmd: add VXLAN encap/decap support
>   app/testpmd: add NVGRE encap/decap support
> 
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline.c                      | 169 +++++++++++++
>  app/test-pmd/cmdline_flow.c                 | 248 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.c                      |  28 +++
>  app/test-pmd/testpmd.h                      |  28 +++
>  doc/guides/testpmd_app_ug/testpmd_funcs.rst |  25 ++
>  5 files changed, 498 insertions(+)
>