[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: add action to swap source and destination MAC to flow API

[Andrew Rybchenko]

On 9/24/18 11:29 AM, wrote:
> This action is useful for offloading loopback mode, where the hardware
> will swap source and destination MAC addresses in the outermost Ethernet
> header before looping back the packet. This action can be used in
> conjunction with other rewrite actions to achieve MAC layer transparent
> NAT where the MAC addresses are swapped before either the source or
> destination MAC address is rewritten and NAT is performed.
>
> Must be used with a valid RTE_FLOW_ITEM_TYPE_ETH flow pattern item.
> Otherwise, RTE_FLOW_ERROR_TYPE_ACTION error should be returned by the
> PMDs.
>
> Original work by Shagun Agrawal
>
> Signed-off-by: Rahul Lakkireddy <rahul.lakkireddy at chelsio.com>

Acked-by: Andrew Rybchenko <arybchenko at solarflare.com>